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10-23-2006, 12:12 PM
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Milkshake Man
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SW Florida
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Originally Posted by wharyat
I'm sorry to hear of your problems Tim. It sucks to be feel so helpless.  |
Well i am not giving up like i wanted to when i had HA and cyano bacteria.
Now i need to QT the living fish then treat them really well add them back to the tank asap. I dont want to stress them out to long being in a different tank. This might be a good time to push for my girlfriend to setup that 29 gallon i have been working on for the gobies at her apartment. This way after threating them i can run my tank with no fish for 2-3 months. If she doesnt want a tank then i will have to have them in my QT for 2-3 months. 
Tim
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10-23-2006, 01:40 PM
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Professor Chaos
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Nasty stuff man, sorry to hear. i feel your pain being without fish/tank for a while myself. Velvet is nasty stuff. you can tell the difference between it and ich because ich has defined spots and brook/velvet looks like a white powder dusting on the fish.
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10-23-2006, 02:00 PM
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Saltwater Mom
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Ga
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When my gramma got brook it was bad. It looked like he was peeling after a bad sunburn. The good news is that formalin worked great! The blisters and peeling stopped within 48 hours and he looked a picture of health after 7 days. I kept him in qt for a month before returning him to the main tank. The good thing about him is I knew what rock he hid in and just pulled out the whole rock and transfered rock and all to the qt. I left the rock in the qt after words tho.
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10-23-2006, 02:40 PM
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Lights are off up here :D
Join Date: Feb 2006
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wow this is totally messed up. sorry to hear about this Tim that was a nice chevron tang i remember you said you got it from somebody getting out of the hobby. Makes me feel like getting a QT tank now would a nano cube 6G be good for a QT tank for small fish and corals/mushrooms |
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10-23-2006, 06:16 PM
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Nucular Hermit
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Takoma Pk, MD
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Sorry Tim. Hopefully a good lesson to all of us to get a QT tank.
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10-23-2006, 11:54 PM
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waiting for zooplankton
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: East Fallowfield, PA
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were you running a uv sterilizer on the tank? i know they work on ick. i wonder if they work on velvet or brook?
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10-24-2006, 12:06 AM
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Milkshake Man
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SW Florida
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Yes i run a UV on my tank
Tim
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10-24-2006, 12:08 AM
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waiting for zooplankton
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: East Fallowfield, PA
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is it supposed to kill velvet or brook? cause i run them on all my reef tanks since the bout with ick last year.
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10-24-2006, 12:16 AM
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Milkshake Man
Join Date: Jan 2005
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I am not sure about brook or velvet.....
Tim
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10-24-2006, 12:18 AM
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waiting for zooplankton
Join Date: Dec 2005
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maybe someone who knows will chime in, id really like to know!
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10-24-2006, 12:22 AM
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Milkshake Man
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SW Florida
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Well i run a UV and always have since day one. I replace the UV bulb every 8 months or so.
I just set my webcam back up you can login to it and view my hairy shrooms anytime after 4pm est time and then i think the lights turn off around 10pm est time. Link to my website is in my signature.
Tim
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06-10-2007, 12:01 AM
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Been around
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Location: California
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That's clearly brooknella. Did the fish start acting very lethargic? Crashing to the bottom of the tank? Breathing heavily? My ocellaris did the same thing for almost a week; I had NO problem catching it because of its lethargy. At first, I feared ich so I did a FW dip for 15 minutes. Quarantined it for two weeks in hypo (approx. 1.010); fed it garlic soaked food twice a day; vacuumed the barebottom of the QT; changed 20% everyday and in that time monitoring every parameter and maintaining a temperature of approx. 76 F (believe it or not; it's better on the fish).
After that time; the color returned...the clownfish swam more aggressively and most importantly--escaped my net in the QT a few times to prove it. Of course, I traded it in to a local store.
This method works! Trust me. No harsh med treatments needed.
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06-10-2007, 12:27 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
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Location: New Jersey
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So sorry to hear that!
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06-10-2007, 12:28 AM
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Noo Doot Aboot It!
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Location: Prince George
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so sorry to hear about this Tim |
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06-10-2007, 12:49 AM
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The Ninja MOD
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Planet P.....Why Me?
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Wow, this is from last year.
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