Hi Guys and Girls,
Need some help, I purchases a used 500 lt (full system including sump) in July 2013. I decided that I wanted to start fresh so I took the fish and corals out and returned them to the LFS.
The setup,
1. Got aragonite from my father, it was dried out had not been used for about 2 years
2. Same thing with the live rock, I also dried out some of the live rock that came with the tank in the sun for 2 weeks.
3. Put it all in the tank and filled it. I cycled the tank for 6 weeks.
I am running a custom made lighting system with 4 x T5 lights and 2 x MH. A skimmer that is rated for a 1000 lt tank. A temp controller with 1 x 300 watt heater and a chiller unit the temp is set between 25 – 27 degrees.
After 6 weeks I took in a water sample and the parameters were pretty spot on, I purchase 2 x African clowns & 1 x firefish. Within 48 hours they were dead. At this stage I was pretty new to the game and did not have a quarantine system.
I lost a number of fish after that all dead within 48 hours. 13 to be exact. It looks exactly like Ich.
I was told to drop the salinity to 1.015, heat the tank to 38 degrees or more and covered it so that it was in complete darkness for 7 days. So I did this. Purchased a firefish and a sixline wrasse put them in quarantine for 2 weeks treating with Pharaguard and all was hundreds. Got the parameters correct, cycled it for another 2 weeks put the fish in and death came again.
I then treated the tank for 10 days with Waterlife that treats Gill & Body Flukes.
I decided stuff the purchased fish I’m going to catch some and try my luck, over 2 weeks caught a couple of wrasse a striates.
All has been going well until bang white spot again.
I take water samples to the LFS every week and the parameters are always acceptable i really do not think that it is a water quality issued. But then again i only have a grand total of 7 months experience.
I honestly don’t know what else to do, the only thing that I can think of now is the fact that my tank is set up about 2 feet from my front door. There is not a lot of foot traffic but does get a bit of wind on the tank as the front door is often left open. It also gets a little afternoon sun.
Please can someone help, I am now soaking their food in Seachem Garlic Guard. I have corals in the tank, Zoas, torch, frog spawn and mushrooms in the tank so dosing with copper is not really something that I want to do.
Any advice is greatly appreciated, Thanks in advance.
Need some help, I purchases a used 500 lt (full system including sump) in July 2013. I decided that I wanted to start fresh so I took the fish and corals out and returned them to the LFS.
The setup,
1. Got aragonite from my father, it was dried out had not been used for about 2 years
2. Same thing with the live rock, I also dried out some of the live rock that came with the tank in the sun for 2 weeks.
3. Put it all in the tank and filled it. I cycled the tank for 6 weeks.
I am running a custom made lighting system with 4 x T5 lights and 2 x MH. A skimmer that is rated for a 1000 lt tank. A temp controller with 1 x 300 watt heater and a chiller unit the temp is set between 25 – 27 degrees.
After 6 weeks I took in a water sample and the parameters were pretty spot on, I purchase 2 x African clowns & 1 x firefish. Within 48 hours they were dead. At this stage I was pretty new to the game and did not have a quarantine system.
I lost a number of fish after that all dead within 48 hours. 13 to be exact. It looks exactly like Ich.
I was told to drop the salinity to 1.015, heat the tank to 38 degrees or more and covered it so that it was in complete darkness for 7 days. So I did this. Purchased a firefish and a sixline wrasse put them in quarantine for 2 weeks treating with Pharaguard and all was hundreds. Got the parameters correct, cycled it for another 2 weeks put the fish in and death came again.
I then treated the tank for 10 days with Waterlife that treats Gill & Body Flukes.
I decided stuff the purchased fish I’m going to catch some and try my luck, over 2 weeks caught a couple of wrasse a striates.
All has been going well until bang white spot again.
I take water samples to the LFS every week and the parameters are always acceptable i really do not think that it is a water quality issued. But then again i only have a grand total of 7 months experience.
I honestly don’t know what else to do, the only thing that I can think of now is the fact that my tank is set up about 2 feet from my front door. There is not a lot of foot traffic but does get a bit of wind on the tank as the front door is often left open. It also gets a little afternoon sun.
Please can someone help, I am now soaking their food in Seachem Garlic Guard. I have corals in the tank, Zoas, torch, frog spawn and mushrooms in the tank so dosing with copper is not really something that I want to do.
Any advice is greatly appreciated, Thanks in advance.
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