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Hello friends,
Thanks for all the service you provide. Alright then, here is my latest headache. My fish have started showing signs of ich. And this happened after I had placed every single new fish in QT and gave them FW dips. How sad is that. Anyways, this is my plan of action since the fish already have ich spots on them:
1) Take my fish out and give each a FW dip and then place them in the QT tank that has freshly purchased SW. Here I will treat them with QuickCure in reduced dosage for a few days.
2) Meanwhile, I will completely drain out the main tank and fill it up completely with FRESH WATER (This is my all out attack againt ich and I feel so happy). I will keep the tank with all the decorations/settings intact immersed in the fresh water for a couple of days. I will increase the temperature (may not matter but still).
Note: I have very little LR and 3 shrimps/crabs. I will move the LR and shrimp/crabs to a different bucket with air stone. I will keep the LR here for atleast 6 weeks or should it be more?.
3) After 1-2 days, I will drain the fresh water out and fill my main tank with SW again. I know I will have killed the beneficial bacteria, but atleast the ich and velvet (if any) and all other host of parasites will be gone...hopefully since this is like a FW dip for the entire tank.
Fish I have: 1 Yellow tail blue damsel, 1 black chromis, 1 Yellow watchman goby, 1 coral beauty angel, 2 percula clown, 1 cleaner shrimp, 2 peppermint shrimp.
Finally, I will introduce the fish in the main tank. I will not buy any new fish and I have Amquel, SW test kits along with BioSpira and LR (trusted source) to keep track of the new cycle that will begin and also to control any ammonia, nitrate/nitrite readings.
Any suggestions you have? Please please tell me that my main tank will be rid of all ich/velvet/parasites by giving it a FW bath as per my plan?????
Thanks for your help once again.
Thanks for all the service you provide. Alright then, here is my latest headache. My fish have started showing signs of ich. And this happened after I had placed every single new fish in QT and gave them FW dips. How sad is that. Anyways, this is my plan of action since the fish already have ich spots on them:
1) Take my fish out and give each a FW dip and then place them in the QT tank that has freshly purchased SW. Here I will treat them with QuickCure in reduced dosage for a few days.
2) Meanwhile, I will completely drain out the main tank and fill it up completely with FRESH WATER (This is my all out attack againt ich and I feel so happy). I will keep the tank with all the decorations/settings intact immersed in the fresh water for a couple of days. I will increase the temperature (may not matter but still).
Note: I have very little LR and 3 shrimps/crabs. I will move the LR and shrimp/crabs to a different bucket with air stone. I will keep the LR here for atleast 6 weeks or should it be more?.
3) After 1-2 days, I will drain the fresh water out and fill my main tank with SW again. I know I will have killed the beneficial bacteria, but atleast the ich and velvet (if any) and all other host of parasites will be gone...hopefully since this is like a FW dip for the entire tank.
Fish I have: 1 Yellow tail blue damsel, 1 black chromis, 1 Yellow watchman goby, 1 coral beauty angel, 2 percula clown, 1 cleaner shrimp, 2 peppermint shrimp.
Finally, I will introduce the fish in the main tank. I will not buy any new fish and I have Amquel, SW test kits along with BioSpira and LR (trusted source) to keep track of the new cycle that will begin and also to control any ammonia, nitrate/nitrite readings.
Any suggestions you have? Please please tell me that my main tank will be rid of all ich/velvet/parasites by giving it a FW bath as per my plan?????
Thanks for your help once again.