Lance's 225 gal tank

[Mrfish55]

Cool, I may just have to set up my 180 so I can keep pace with you! The wife really wants an Emperor Angel so that should be an easy sell Any more additions planned or is this going to be it for livestock?

[Lance]

Originally Posted by Mrfish55

Cool, I may just have to set up my 180 so I can keep pace with you! The wife really wants an Emperor Angel so that should be an easy sell Any more additions planned or is this going to be it for livestock?

After I move the Coral Beauty and SF Tang from the 90g over and the Chocolate Tang from QT, that's it for awhile.

[Lance]

Dammit! I knew I was looking for trouble and I found it. My new Harlequin Tuskfish has Ich and he's in the main tank.

I had been looking for an Aussie Tuskfish and a Chocolate Tang, and had put the word out to several suppliers. As luck would have it, two different suppliers came up with the two fish within days of each other. I didn't want to quarantine two large fish in a 20 gal QT at the same time, (figured that was asking for trouble) so I decided to put the Tang in the QT and the Tusker in the display. I was uncomfortable with this as I always quarantine new fish but Tuskfish are supposedly quite hardy, and I thought it was the better choice of the two, as Tangs are such Ich magnets. He looked great, nice colour, fat and healthy with no signs of disease. So now I have a $200 fish with Ich in my tank! In hindsight, I should have turned down one of the fish but I felt guilty refusing one after they brought them in specially for me.

There's far too many fish to remove and quarantine. I've just done a 25% water change and siphoned most of the substrate out. I'll run a diatom frequently and up the dosage of garlic and Selcon. He only has a few spots on him and none of the other fish show signs yet. Hopefully I get through this without any casualties and just live with Ich in the tank. What do you guys with large tanks and lots of fish do when Ich appears? I could hook-up a UV sterlizer I guess. If worst comes to worst and the Ich becomes a real problem I'll have to buy a larger QT and remove all the fish. Suggestions? Anything else I can do?

[Skimmerking]

I would just run the garlic like crazy and not suck out the sand Lance. Its there to late you will have to deal with it now man.. lay the garlic to the food like crazy. your skimmer wont like it but hey oh well

[Lance]

Originally Posted by asmodeus

I would just run the garlic like crazy and not suck out the sand Lance. Its there to late you will have to deal with it now man.. lay the garlic to the food like crazy. your skimmer wont like it but hey oh well

Most of the substrate is already gone. There was very little anyway. I figured with no sand the little buggers may be easier to siphon out with the diatom filter.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by Lance

Dammit! I knew I was looking for trouble and I found it. My new Harlequin Tuskfish has Ich and he's in the main tank.

I had been looking for an Aussie Tuskfish and a Chocolate Tang, and had put the word out to several suppliers. As luck would have it, two different suppliers came up with the two fish within days of each other. I didn't want to quarantine two large fish in a 20 gal QT at the same time, (figured that was asking for trouble) so I decided to put the Tang in the QT and the Tusker in the display. I was uncomfortable with this as I always quarantine new fish but Tuskfish are supposedly quite hardy, and I thought it was the better choice of the two, as Tangs are such Ich magnets. He looked great, nice colour, fat and healthy with no signs of disease. So now I have a $200 fish with Ich in my tank! In hindsight, I should have turned down one of the fish but I felt guilty refusing one after they brought them in specially for me.

There's far too many fish to remove and quarantine. I've just done a 25% water change and siphoned most of the substrate out. I'll run a diatom frequently and up the dosage of garlic and Selcon. He only has a few spots on him and none of the other fish show signs yet. Hopefully I get through this without any casualties and just live with Ich in the tank. What do you guys with large tanks and lots of fish do when Ich appears? I could hook-up a UV sterlizer I guess. If worst comes to worst and the Ich becomes a real problem I'll have to buy a larger QT and remove all the fish. Suggestions? Anything else I can do?

Live with it. Healthy fish will not die of ich. I know so many people now with large tanks, many large fish and most have ich in the tank. I have had ich in my tanks for years now and never lost a fish excpet in QT.

My Tusk still has some ich but long as he is eating, not rubbing and acting normal, he is fine.

You will notice break outs will become less and less severe as time goes on. Eventually they just kind of show up for a day or two here and there.

I think your on the right track though. I would try to get the tank stocked relatively soon and then do not add more fish. Just let them deal with the ich thats there. If you keep adding fish, you will generally see flare ups each time the new guy goes in.

Good luck!

[Lance]

[quote=GreenSpottedPuffer;388880]Live with it. Healthy fish will not die of ich. I know so many people now with large tanks, many large fish and most have ich in the tank. I have had ich in my tanks for years now and never lost a fish excpet in QT.

My Tusk still has some ich but long as he is eating, not rubbing and acting normal, he is fine.

You will notice break outs will become less and less severe as time goes on. Eventually they just kind of show up for a day or two here and there.

I think your on the right track though. I would try to get the tank stocked relatively soon and then do not add more fish. Just let them deal with the ich thats there. If you keep adding fish, you will generally see flare ups each time the new guy goes in.


I know this and I agree. But when i saw the Ich on my new $200 fish I kinda panicked. IMO new tanks and Ich go hand in hand. When I set up the 90g over a year ago I had small outbreaks of Ich for the first few months. Never lost a fish. I haven't seen any signs of it for at least 6 months now. I'll just keep doing what I'm doing: feeding twice a day and using garlic and Selcon like I always do. The Tusk is eating well and aside from the few spots on him looks to be in great health. I've been feeding him clam meat, mussels and mysis. He's a little smaller than yours I think; about 5.5" Anyway, thanks for the advice.

[Mrfish55]

Need a hand with anything let me know, I do have a 30 gal quarantine up and running right now if you manage to catch him. Might also have some reef safe ich meds around somewhere.

[Lance]

Originally Posted by Mrfish55

Need a hand with anything let me know, I do have a 30 gal quarantine up and running right now if you manage to catch him. Might also have some reef safe ich meds around somewhere.

I think catching him would just stress him. He's doing fine and the Ich is in the system anyway. I'll just hold tight and see how it goes. Thanks

[Lance]

So, Sydney the Aussie Tuskfish is looking much better. He's shaken off the Ich and doing well. I've been feeding him mysis, clams, shrimp, and scallops soaked in garlic and Selcon. Dave lent me a honkin' big 25 watt UV sterilizer. All fish look clean.








Ever see 12 Chromis disappear in a flash. When the Tusker went in the tank the chromis were gone in a blink of an eye. I couldn't see one anywhere. They figured they were dinner for sure! No worries though, he totally ignores them and everyone else. At feeding time though, one of those stupid little Chromis is going to get its head bitten off if they don't learn to leave his clam meat alone.