Amyloodinium

[TahoeMtn]

Take the rock and sand out of the tank and put it in a bucket with water and a power head.....Ta Daaa now you have a hospital tank treat as needed

Also remove any snails crabs shrimpetc... just leave the fish

[reef-rookie]

Originally Posted by TahoeMtn

Take the rock and sand out of the tank and put it in a bucket with water and a power head.....Ta Daaa now you have a hospital tank treat as needed

Also remove any snails crabs shrimpetc... just leave the fish

ummm... that sounds.... BRILLIANT! I dont have another tank but i have tons of 50 gallon rubbermaid storage bins. Then I can treat using copper or hyposalinity and get rid of this crud all together.

What do I treat the LR and LS with? OR without fish will the virus simply die off, over a period of time? Also, should I add something to the tank for the fish to hide in, since I heard stress is a big factor in this stuff, no hidding places seems like trouble.

[jenglish]

After treating with copper I would want to clean the tank with vinegar. If you have no inverts and never plan to it would not be an issue. If it is Amyloodinium hyposalinity is not a real great treatment from what I have read.

[reef-rookie]

Originally Posted by jenglish

After treating with copper I would want to clean the tank with vinegar. If you have no inverts and never plan to it would not be an issue. If it is Amyloodinium hyposalinity is not a real great treatment from what I have read.

This is probably a stupid question (see my quote on stupid questions below) but if the fish are in the tank Im treating with copper... ANd you say clean the tank with vinegar. Do i just apply vinegar to a rag and wipe down the tank while full of water? Or take fish out of the tank, completely drain and then clean the entire tank, skimmer and everything else?

[jenglish]

A tank would need to be drained to be cleaned with vinegar. Whethor you clean it or not you are looking at doing a 100% w/c after the treatement is done to try to remove copper ANother option though would be getting a copper absorbing media like cuprasorbb. I have not tried it so I could not say how effective it is.

[reef-rookie]

Originally Posted by TahoeMtn

Take the rock and sand out of the tank and put it in a bucket with water and a power head.....Ta Daaa now you have a hospital tank treat as needed

Also remove any snails crabs shrimpetc... just leave the fish

ended up doing the exact oposite. I took the fish and powerhead out and left the rock and sand in the display. Treating the fish with copper in a rubbermaid tub and leaving the display tank for a month or so with nothing in it. Hopefully this will rid my tank of whatever. Im thinking that it is Amyloodinium and not ich. I have been using Garlic Extreme for a few days prior going this route, and saw a few small improvements but ultimately the fish were still not right.

Anybody know much about Cupramine? Thats the copper route I went and since I a NOOB in all this, all advice is appreciated! Thanks.