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02-21-2005, 08:45 PM
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"Yeah Dude, I Rock!"
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Royal Palm Beach, FL
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What did I do???
I had a yellowtail damsel that looked to have ick. It was showing all the signs of it. I started to treat it yesterday with Rid Ich+. Everything was looking better today when the damsel bit the dust this evening after treatment 2. Now my cleaner shrimp and starfish look to be heading the same way. The crabs, snails and the false perc seem to be doing ok.
I was also reading the fine print, and it says it could be harmful to live rock too.
What did I do?
Help!!
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02-22-2005, 06:23 PM
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"Yeah Dude, I Rock!"
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Royal Palm Beach, FL
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Anyone?
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02-22-2005, 07:53 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: vegas
Posts: 393
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since no one else is answering, I'll throw in my .2
Whenever our fish guy treats the fish only tank for ich, he has to remove the hermits or any other crustraceans that are in there. It became such an inconvenience that we ended up getting rid of the hermits altogether.
You might want to get a bucket and store them in there for a while.
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02-22-2005, 08:22 PM
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"Yeah Dude, I Rock!"
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Royal Palm Beach, FL
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Well, thanks for the reply. What died died and im hanging on to the rest.
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02-22-2005, 08:57 PM
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Nano reefer and Jeeper
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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does it have copper in it? Copper basically will make your tank inhospitable to any inverts/crustaceans....so you may have just made your reef a fish only.
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02-22-2005, 09:59 PM
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"Yeah Dude, I Rock!"
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Royal Palm Beach, FL
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No copper known, but has 4.26% formaldhyde and zinc-free chloride salt of malachite green, whatever that is. |
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03-03-2005, 03:36 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 36
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WATER CHANGE STEVE-O!!! screw the damsel!! BIG WATER CHANGE
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03-03-2005, 08:44 AM
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Nano reefer and Jeeper
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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Isn't malachite green copper?
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03-03-2005, 08:48 AM
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Nano reefer and Jeeper
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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Never Mind, malachite green isn't copper. It's chlorine, nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
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03-03-2005, 02:46 PM
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lazy reefer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: MI, clarkston
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itsreef safe in certen doses but not in the dose they say just thought id let you know and use alot of carbon to remove it
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03-03-2005, 08:14 PM
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"Yeah Dude, I Rock!"
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Royal Palm Beach, FL
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Can you buy bulk carbon? What do you put it in?
How bout running my HOB with a carbon filter for a while? Will that help?
Thanks
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03-03-2005, 10:47 PM
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Nano reefer and Jeeper
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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HOB with carbon will help...that's what I use when I need carbon or want to run carbon occasionally.
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03-04-2005, 06:22 AM
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"Yeah Dude, I Rock!"
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Royal Palm Beach, FL
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Well, I officially have a crab tank. No fish left.
BTW, I did a 20% water change just a few days ago when this started.
What do I have to do to clean my tank up?
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03-04-2005, 07:17 PM
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"Yeah Dude, I Rock!"
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Royal Palm Beach, FL
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Im close to throwing in the towel with this SW tank. I would like to make one more big effort to get it right again.
Thanks for any input you guys can give me.
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03-07-2005, 04:23 PM
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"Yeah Dude, I Rock!"
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Royal Palm Beach, FL
Posts: 192
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I replaced the HOB filter which has carbon in it, and also added a stocking full of carbon to the free space remaining in the filter. There should be plenty of carbon for the water to flow through.
How will I know when my tank is rid if ick? I was thinking of waiting a week before adding any fish, but from my posts above, im leary.
Thanks again for any input.
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