clowns got ich

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my clowns were acting a little funny last night and one look just bad, i woke up this morning and he was still hanging in there. so i went to petsmart and got some stuff and set up a quarantine tank for my fish. and after 3 hours of being in the tank with some copper they allready look 50% better i hope my clowns make it, ill be devastated if they die.... heres the best pic i could get

ps. i pulled all my rock yesterday to redo it, in the process of that my wrasse was hidding in a little hole lol he was out of water for about 3 mins and he is NOT doing good. his tail and head are beat up from flopping around in the rock :( these are the last of my saltwater fish and id like for them to not die lol

yeah it sucks. tim might be prepared next time to avoid the same problem

i no longer have saltwater fish, they have all parished, now i gotta slowly rebuild my tank the right way QUARANTINE!

thats the best way tim, also if the issue arises again you will be ready

Does anyone ever do a freshwater dip? I don't like copper because you need to know alot about your water perameters. Also you can lower the salinity and that works without meds. I handle lots of saltwater fish. The freshwater dip is a KEY part of introducing fish. You will be suprized what will come off the fish. The clown in the picture has to much ick to try a freshwater dip. Also copper has to be removed by water changes. Hence you will never rid your aquarium of copper.

fishman13218 wrote:

Does anyone ever do a freshwater dip? I don't like copper because you need to know alot about your water perameters. Also you can lower the salinity and that works without meds. I handle lots of saltwater fish. The freshwater dip is a KEY part of introducing fish. You will be suprized what will come off the fish. The clown in the picture has to much ick to try a freshwater dip. Also copper has to be removed by water changes. Hence you will never rid your aquarium of copper.

Never thought of it that way.

i have tried freshwater dips before, only complaint i have is that it stresses the fish way to much. especially tangs and angels. i like high temp low salinity and if that dont work i move to copper in a QT tank. i have never had an issues with any fish except my regal and they are prone to get it anyway. now when my tang gets it i leave him be and he snaps out opn his opwn ina couple of days.

[b] ALL FISH ARE DEAD. D:

sorry to hear that tim, make sure you are prepared in the future though, research treatments of ich in the marine aquarium.

I think he learned.

rach this is tim we are talking about here J/K tim you know we love you

Thats not nice lol, are you trying to tell me you NEVER lost a couple fish in the beginning?

yes i have lost fish, TG it ws only those fugly cardinals LOL. actually i lost a lemon damsel and my coral banded shrimp today. coral banded died of old age i am guessing he was a little bigger than what sites say is the max size for them. and the lemon damsel jumpd into the skimmer section of my fuge and got his tail fin caught in the pump (silly lemon damsel)

We already know how you feel about cardinals lol

lordraptor1 wrote:

yes i have lost fish, TG it ws only those fugly cardinals LOL. actually i lost a lemon damsel and my coral banded shrimp today. coral banded died of old age i am guessing he was a little bigger than what sites say is the max size for them. and the lemon damsel jumpd into the skimmer section of my fuge and got his tail fin caught in the pump (silly lemon damsel)

stop calling cardinals fugly, you might hurt someones feelings that really likes them.

lol as I said we already know how he feels about them

ok close this thread plz :D