ich and copper
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Topic: ich and copper
Posted By: laroc
Subject: ich and copper
Date Posted: June 16 2015 at 8:55pm
So i think I might have ich. Tried to quarantine the fish first but she was not eating in the quarantine. After being in the display she was swimming around and eating like a pig. I have had ich before and copper differently works but not with out some lost. Problem that I seem to be having is they don't eat after going to the full dose and dont really seem to recover. Here are my ideas.
A) fresh water dip
B) Copper
1.Keep the dose at half which would be 2.5 and not the recommended 5.
2. Only keep her in there for 5 days not the recommended 14
3. After the first five days change tanks no copper and see how she is doing.
4. No substrate but maybe a little for a bed. She really seems to dig the sand in the display.
5. Throw away the sand that I use for her bed.
C) Hypo salinity never tried this but maybe they will still eat.
Trying to fatten her up right now. In case I go the copper route, but I dont want to lose her. She a gorgeous Harlequin tusk yep she is from down under.
What your thoughts?
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Posted By: laroc
Date Posted: June 18 2015 at 1:52am
Ok to help identify that's it's ich .The white spots should disappear roughly after seven days. So if the same spots are there in two weeks.Not disappearing would it be ich? No loss of appetite she eats whatever I put in there nori shrimp krill.
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Posted By: laroc
Date Posted: June 18 2015 at 7:01pm
Anybody.
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Posted By: ReefdUp
Date Posted: June 18 2015 at 8:02pm
On my phone...so this is short...
Freshwater dip won't help with ich, but it works with velvet. Might help relax the fish and help with oxygenation in severe cases.
Cutting the copper dosage won't cure the fish.
Treating the fish then putting it back in an infested display will just lead to reinfection.
Any other signs of ich other than white dots? Itching? Velvet sheen? Trouble breathing?
Don't recommend hypo if you're just going to reintroduce the fish. I personally like the tank transfer method...12 days, no meds, nothing weird.
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Posted By: laroc
Date Posted: June 18 2015 at 8:21pm
Thanks for the reply. How often are you switch the tanks during the 12 days period.
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Posted By: ReefdUp
Date Posted: June 18 2015 at 8:30pm
Every 3 days, so 4 times.
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Diving since 2009, reefkeeping since 2007, & fishkeeping since 1987
200g, 75g, & 15g Systems
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Posted By: laroc
Date Posted: June 18 2015 at 11:09pm
Breathing fine no stratching and no sheen. She has had the same four dots on the pectoral fins and tail. Since I got her last Wednesday. Might try the tank switch just to be safe. Thanks again for your help. Good luck with the move.
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Posted By: ReefdUp
Date Posted: June 18 2015 at 11:28pm
Mmm...Google images of lymphocystis. If that looks like it, it's just a virus with no cure. It's not harmful in most cases, and it'll just run its course. It usually flares up during times of stress, which sounds like the case.
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www.reefdup.com
Diving since 2009, reefkeeping since 2007, & fishkeeping since 1987
200g, 75g, & 15g Systems
PADI Advanced Open Water
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