TomC1966 Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Please look at the picture of my Blue Tang. What is on it. I am thinking velvet. Was not this way this morning. Treatment?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC1966 Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 He is swimming fine breathing fine not scraping on rocks or sand but i did pull him and put him in quarantine tank music 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euphylin me Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 (edited) i would do a dip in cupramine. sorry to say but if this was in your display tank.....i would go fallow for 6 weeks velvet is a pretty fast killer too, so dip ASAP. looks like velvet to me or bacterial Edited December 12, 2018 by euphylin me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 How long have you had the fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC1966 Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 Had him for over a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonvice Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Maybe grab some Selcon and soak its food as well. Doesn't hurt to give it additional nutrients to help with recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
music Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 I would immediately start copper on him, and pull all the fish to do a copper treatment on all of them. This is the best course of action to save all the fish but it is not without difficulties. Are you familiar with copper? Are you familiar with going fishless for the display tank for 72 days to allowe the parasites in the tank to die out? Do you have any copper intolerant fish? You could run a ich management system but I do not recommend it. TomC1966 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC1966 Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 Never used copper before. But can figure it out i guess. Suggestions would be good. Am pulling fish to quarentine tsnk. What sbout inverts in tsnk? Snails hermits anemones? They safe? From this? What about Snowflake eel ? Flame angel blue eye tang tomini tang sailfin tang damsels and ocellaris clowns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 All fish and eels would need pulled, all inverts can stay. How big is your QT? You are going to need considerable space with all those tangs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC1966 Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 (edited) 55 gallon. But eel is 8 inches. Biggest fish i have is 4 inch blue eye cole tang. Everything else is smaller. So 55 should be ok for quarentine period. That blue tang in pic is 2 inches maybe 2 1/4 inches. Edited December 13, 2018 by TomC1966 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/copper-testing-simplified-using-hanna-instruments-high-range-copper-checker-hi702.454/ get this test kit.it will get you dialed in on copper levels right. I use copper power myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC1966 Posted December 14, 2018 Author Share Posted December 14, 2018 Ok everyone is out of main tank and in a 55 gallon quarentine tank. Started off with a 50% dose of Cupramine today. Will add another quarter dose in 2 days and then final dose on 5th day to get to full dose of .5. Gonna be a while before anybody goes back in main tank. Will never make the mistake of adding a fish to main tank early. They will stay in quarantine for a full month from now on. Lost a a purple fire fish (culprit) and a damsel and a clown. Hoping it stops there and i can salvage the rest. Thank you all for the advice and help!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Good luck, keep us posted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flounder Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Thanks for sharing the information and interest to learn of your results, hope everyone is in good shape. music 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachegg Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 It's hard to say with those pictures. I had a couple tangs that I thought had ich. As it end up it was flukes. Flukes can be treated in the display with prazipro. If it were me I'd try that first. I'm located in New Carlisle and I have some if you'd like to try it first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
music Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Sounds like you have a solid plan. Keep us posted. TomC1966 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC1966 Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 OK so here is an update. I lost 3 Ocellaris Clowns and 3 damsels but everyone else is doing good. Everything has cleared up on the fish in the original pic and everything is eating very well and swimming strong. They have been in QT for a week now. Copper levels are steady. Gonna remove copper after 14 days. jeff70 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euphylin me Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, TomC1966 said: OK so here is an update. I lost 3 Ocellaris Clowns and 3 damsels but everyone else is doing good. Everything has cleared up on the fish in the original pic and everything is eating very well and swimming strong. They have been in QT for a week now. Copper levels are steady. Gonna remove copper after 14 days. always sucks to lose fish but at least the others are doing well glad to hear! TomC1966 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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