Might have to eat my own words re: quarantine

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

FYI the only thing that treats velvet is a copper treatment or formalin. Not sure what uni marin is, but if it doesn't have copper or formalin in it, it's doubtful it will work.

That quinine stuff works as well. The problem with copper is that it harms fish kidneys, so not really something I want to use. My LFS guy tells me this stuff works, so I'm giving it a shot.


ETA: Sorry, the stuff is Chloroquine diphosphate that I'm referring to

[christyf5]

I wonder if any of the stores have a "pest trap" its basically a smaller version of the fish trap. Wish I had thought to bring mine down today

[TimT]

Hey Brad,

Sorry to hear about the loss of your fish buddies. Hope the survivors pull through. You may want to try a freshwater bath as it will clear them of any parasites and make their time in the QT shorter. I would also recommend a UV on the tank to help clear any free swimming MV.

Copper is poisonous. You just kill the parasites faster than the fish as they are smaller.

If you are going to let the tank be fallow for 6 weeks then I would recommend adding Ammonium Chloride to keep the bio filter going. Otherwise you will get an ammonia spike when you put the fish back in and the acros will hate that.

Cheers,
Tim

[Borderjumper]

How about taking one of those plastic coral cups with the lid on.. Cut a round hole half way up for the fish to find its way in.. Hopefully they forget how to get out.. Kinda like a wasp trap?


Or one of those clear round sand cleaner tubes.. Plug one end and fill it with mysis and be ready to scoop?

I caught a pesky wrass once by putting a 6" tall piece of PVC Vertically in my tank.. He couldn't stand it and went in to investigate

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Borderjumper

How about taking one of those plastic coral cups with the lid on.. Cut a round hole half way up for the fish to find its way in.. Hopefully they forget how to get out.. Kinda like a wasp trap?


Or one of those clear round sand cleaner tubes.. Plug one end and fill it with mysis and be ready to scoop?

I caught a pesky wrass once by putting a 6" tall piece of PVC Vertically in my tank.. He couldn't stand it and went in to investigate

Ya, I'll have to figure something out, I only have about 4 inches of room to put anything in the tank.

[lngrhaul]

Originally Posted by Borderjumper

How about taking one of those plastic coral cups with the lid on.. Cut a round hole half way up for the fish to find its way in.. Hopefully they forget how to get out.. Kinda like a wasp trap?


Or one of those clear round sand cleaner tubes.. Plug one end and fill it with mysis and be ready to scoop?

I caught a pesky wrass once by putting a 6" tall piece of PVC Vertically in my tank.. He couldn't stand it and went in to investigate

why not make a small(ish) wasp trap out of a 500ml pop bottle. Cut the top off and invert it into the bottom and zap strap it together. bait and wait. you could cut the bottom down to a smaller size if you don't have much room.

Make sure to put a call out if you need more equipment or rock or ...... so we can help if we can. Gotta work together when something like this happens.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by TimT

If you are going to let the tank be fallow for 6 weeks then I would recommend adding Ammonium Chloride to keep the bio filter going. Otherwise you will get an ammonia spike when you put the fish back in and the acros will hate that.

Cheers,
Tim

Tim, so you think the remaining critters(shrimp, crabs, etc) would be enough?

[vaporize]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

ETA: Sorry, the stuff is Chloroquine diphosphate that I'm referring to

Where can you buy Chloroquine diphosphate? (not quinine sulfate)

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by vaporize

Where can you buy Chloroquine diphosphate? (not quinine sulfate)

no idea, I just read that this stuff works as well...