Lesson Learned and a warning

[Bob I]

Originally Posted by BCOrchidGuy

Christy, yes I put it in my main tank, it is supposedly reef safe. Everything is fine just traumatized. The Greenex however didn't seem to do much although now with more reading etc I think I may have had Amyloodium rather than Ick.

It sure sounds like something other that common Ick. That other one sounds right. From what I can recall the spots are much smaller. Also I recall a golden color of spots?

[christyf5]

Yes I had a fun experience with greenex when I first started. My LFS recommended it for ich. It wiped out my entire tank too. If you read the side of the bottle, it says malachite green which I thought (I may be wrong here) contained copper. (I thought malachite was a carbonate of copper). Anyway, I will never use that stuff again. Even in a quarantine tank.


Christy

[BCOrchidGuy]

Wow Christy, thats sad to hear, It didn't bother anything other than my Xenia and a leather coral, the Xenia is still alive but the polyps(?) seem to have been irritated, the leather is fine for the most part but one isn't extending as much as it did. I hope after a few 10 gallon water changes the Xenia and Leather perk up, they were both doing so well.

[sumpfinfishe]

Sorry to hear about that Doug
That's a real loss
I have never quarantined any fish going into my reef, however after reading your tragic post, I think I will from now on. So maybe some good will come out of this.

Rich

[BCOrchidGuy]

When I bred guppies everything got quaranteened, I had 65 tanks including 3 breeding pair of Discus and a breeding trio of African cichlids, nothing went near an established tank until it has been in isolation for 2 weeks minimum and I was certain it was eating well. I guess I got lazy and excited with the reef tank, I was so taken by the movement of the fish among the coral that I just rushed it with out taking precautions.

If any good comes of this it is that I will be more picky regarding the fish that go in to the tank, I have a Desjardin Sailfin tang now, I will probably get 6 fire fish or some kind of small wrasse, and keep lightly stocked. Looking at the tank again I realize that a 90 gallon tank isn't all that large. I will re establish some breeding pairs of clowns but I will keep them in seperate 20 gallon tanks. I hope to get a pair of tomatos and another pair of Saddlebacks. I almost bought some Maroons but I don't want to put up with all that aggression between siblings if I were ever to get a brood raised.

I'm getting ahead of myself, slow and easy from now on. I have a 20 gallon observation/islolation tank that will be used with every new fish, this will help me to slow down on the stocking of the tank. I may even start dipping all my corals as I purchase them.

[smokinreefer]

sorry to hear about the troubles.

hope things recover well.

as for your next stocking plans....i myself have contemplated a group of firefish, but from what i have read, it may not be a good idea. from what i have come across, most people who get groups end up with a single specimen or a pair. i have only read of a few instances where multiple firefish have been kept together successfully, and in tanks larger than yours. keep in mind, this is not my personally experience, but the findings that have kept myself from purchasing a group.

mind you, you could try a group, and if it works, then i'll do it too. if not, then you just saved me some money. J/K

[ranz]

I feel your pain!

sorry dewd....

Ranzreef

[Michael]

Sorry to hear what happened. Looks like you put a lot of effort into trying to save them.

Michael

[BCOrchidGuy]

Thanks for the heart felt comments people, yes it was a real painful thing to go through and I really felt bad for the fish. My son cried as he had named some of the fish.... Jeez I feel like a heel.

Smokinreefer, WOW I would have never thought of fire fish as being like that, I had two and they were great, always active and ever so pretty. Maybe I should just get some sand sifter gobies and lots of shrimp.... Lots of reading to do now, lots of research...

[Troy F]

I've tried two purple firefish. I purchased a large one and a small one. The larger chased the smaller until it stopped coming out. I never saw it after the first day. They were fine for the most part while in quarantine but as soon as they entered the reef they changed.