always getting sick

hound96 · #1 07-02-2010, 02:51 AM

i have no clue what to do i have tried everything and i am almost ready to sell my tank , i have tried all the methods of introducing fish and still they get ich even when i know they srent sick when they go in my new one was watched for 2 weeks and even when i did put it in the tank it had almost no stress sighns and what it did have was minimal and gone next day, also researching the fish they are extremely hardy and even considered beginner fish but yet here i am tonight looking at white spots on my fish what the F

reefwars · #2 07-02-2010, 03:32 AM

Unfortunately bud I had the same prob long ago too many big fish in a tank could have the best water conditions and the slowest aclimation processes but a big fish needs room or they get stressed and you have some big fish lol post your livstock size and lenght and your tank size and someone here I'm sure can give you a better answer. I got a hospital tank if you need to treat of them just let me know

good luck buddy

hound96 · #3 07-02-2010, 04:43 AM

i've actually downsized i have a 5" magnificent foxface, a 3" ocelaris clown, and a 4" picasso trigger in a 90 gallon with a 30 gallon sump/fuge

reefwars · #4 07-02-2010, 05:01 AM

That's not bad for a 90 i know you got some new rock lately is there enough in there now?? All water parameters are good?? Is it the tank i seen or is this a new set up?? Sure it's ich??

hound96 · #5 07-02-2010, 02:28 PM

i have about 70 lbs of rock my parameters are all good except nitrates i can't get below 20 and thats doing water changes every 2 weeks

mseepman · #6 07-02-2010, 03:11 PM

You may want to look into the new biopellets to help you get those last nitrates down. Some have suggested that a uv filter will help with the ick as well...eliminate it from the water column at least, but I haven't tried that.

plutoniumJoe · #7 07-02-2010, 03:22 PM

I would also add that dosing all food with Garlic and Selcon keeps ich at bay for me. When I made my switch over to my new tank I added a yellow tang, probably too soon and within a day it had black ich. Uped the Selcon and Garlic and it disappeared in about two days and did not return. I then got brave and added a Copper Banded Butterfly. This time traditional white Ich struck him and my regal tang. Stayed up with the Selcon and Garlic and all are doing fine.

-Joe

mark · #8 07-02-2010, 03:34 PM

if your tank has had ick, there's a chance every fish you add it will catch it no matter the quarantine, as the ick is in the tank.

Keep the fish healthy as you can, keep the stress down, keep the water quality up will help reduce outbreaks but won't eliminate ick. For that you'll need to remove ick hosts from your tank (fish) then let the tank go fish fallow for something like 6 weeks to break the ick life-cycle. Then to ensure you don't get ick re-introduced you need a rigid quarantine of everything that goes in (fish, corals, macro) for a month plus, not just 2 weeks.

reefwars · #9 07-02-2010, 04:57 PM

I have the same prob always at 20 lol it's a curse not a big deal just gives you something to choose from. Do you treat them with any meds before placing them in??

Slick Fork · #10 07-02-2010, 05:08 PM

Ich is a parasite that goes through cycles. The ONLY way to get an Ich free environment is to break that cycle.

Pull the fish that are in there and put them in a hospital tank to treat with Hyposalinity or copper. Leave your display fishless for up to 8 weeks.

Quarantine EVERYTHING that's bound for your tank for a month or two.