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I bought a new fish from a store I've never been to before, didnt quarantine it.... what a mistake. The fish was very healthy looking before I took him home and within 2 weeks, most of my fish were showing sympotoms of ICH or brooklynella. I started a hypo tank and now I am dealing with new issues after. Thusfar, I have lost a green chromis, 1 clownfish, and the culpret flame angel that I think got the tank sick.
This is TWO separate issues.
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Number 1: (picture attached)
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So I never had real trouble with my yellow tang before starting hypo, and now, 5 weeks in, my tang is showing black ich (6 spots so far). As I understand it, black ich is a flatworm parasite and the first thing that came to mind is, how the hell did this get in my hypo tank without the addition of new fish?
I've been reading up on it, and all I can find suggests that black ich is only cured by formalin baths, not hypo. My questions are:
1. Where do I get formalin. I know it is formaldehyde, but do they make special stuff for fish? Is there a dosing requirement?
2. Do I remove the tang from the QT and place in a smaller container (3g for formalin dip) during the bath treatments? How long?
3. Can I leave my tank in Hypo during this time? Or do I have to raise to regular salinity, and then start the formalin?
4. Any other tips or tricks?
5.How in the world did I get black ICH if I never introduced any new fish or used any old equipment?
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Number 2: (picture attached)
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My clown has shown improvements when it comes to ich or Brooklynella, whatever it had.... but has shown signs of something I am not aware of at this time. All I have to describe the condition is this poor photo. my only guess, and it isnt a good one, is that it is an ammonia burn. Admittedly, I have not been able to control my ammonia in the hypo tank no matter what I've tried. I do 25% water changes almost every day, I went out and bought a huge *** filter that cycles every drop of water in the tank every 4.5 minutes, but nothing really seems to help. Sometimes I do 50% changes, and the change in ammonia levels is negligible so I stopped doing that to stop stressing the fish out.
At this point, I dont think either of the fish will survive anyway. While I hope they do, I am doing this as a learning tool and not so much thinking I will be able to save either of them at this point.
I've lost almost all my fish and just want to start over as algae is starting to grow in my display and the addition of a new tang would really help clear that up (but I'm holding out until 8 weeks or the yellow tang gets better)
Any suggestions are deeply appreciated
I bought a new fish from a store I've never been to before, didnt quarantine it.... what a mistake. The fish was very healthy looking before I took him home and within 2 weeks, most of my fish were showing sympotoms of ICH or brooklynella. I started a hypo tank and now I am dealing with new issues after. Thusfar, I have lost a green chromis, 1 clownfish, and the culpret flame angel that I think got the tank sick.
This is TWO separate issues.
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Number 1: (picture attached)
View attachment 23314
So I never had real trouble with my yellow tang before starting hypo, and now, 5 weeks in, my tang is showing black ich (6 spots so far). As I understand it, black ich is a flatworm parasite and the first thing that came to mind is, how the hell did this get in my hypo tank without the addition of new fish?
I've been reading up on it, and all I can find suggests that black ich is only cured by formalin baths, not hypo. My questions are:
1. Where do I get formalin. I know it is formaldehyde, but do they make special stuff for fish? Is there a dosing requirement?
2. Do I remove the tang from the QT and place in a smaller container (3g for formalin dip) during the bath treatments? How long?
3. Can I leave my tank in Hypo during this time? Or do I have to raise to regular salinity, and then start the formalin?
4. Any other tips or tricks?
5.How in the world did I get black ICH if I never introduced any new fish or used any old equipment?
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Number 2: (picture attached)
View attachment 23315
My clown has shown improvements when it comes to ich or Brooklynella, whatever it had.... but has shown signs of something I am not aware of at this time. All I have to describe the condition is this poor photo. my only guess, and it isnt a good one, is that it is an ammonia burn. Admittedly, I have not been able to control my ammonia in the hypo tank no matter what I've tried. I do 25% water changes almost every day, I went out and bought a huge *** filter that cycles every drop of water in the tank every 4.5 minutes, but nothing really seems to help. Sometimes I do 50% changes, and the change in ammonia levels is negligible so I stopped doing that to stop stressing the fish out.
At this point, I dont think either of the fish will survive anyway. While I hope they do, I am doing this as a learning tool and not so much thinking I will be able to save either of them at this point.
I've lost almost all my fish and just want to start over as algae is starting to grow in my display and the addition of a new tang would really help clear that up (but I'm holding out until 8 weeks or the yellow tang gets better)
Any suggestions are deeply appreciated