[cjtweety]

Has anyone dealt with the white spot disease? and how did you treat it? I have been told the copper treatment will cure it, but is is successful and what are the consequences of doing so?

 

[cjtweety]

I have a 30 gallon tank, received established from friend. I added 30 lbs of new rock 3-4 weeks ago. Parameters are SP-1.0245, amm-.25, nitrite-0, and nitrate-80. Temp-78. right now I have a watchman goby, mandarin, 4 hermit crabs, a sand sifting star, and a blue damsell damsall. I just lost my coral angelfish this morning. I have a venturi type skimmer and a compact filter. I am new to this and have read allot but cant figure out what I am doing wrong this is the third fish that has died on me. He had swollen glossy eyes and had white powder like spots all over his body. I only had him a week, so he could of arrived ill! Any advice would be greatly appreciated from more experienced fish owners. thanks

 

[cjtweety]

WOW ! so much good advice. Thank you Jay, Terry, and Reefer addict for your help. I have done two water changes in a week, but only 5 gallons at a time. I will try 10. I had some problems getting my skimmer to work properly, and I think that may be part of the reason the nitrates are so high. I hoped that the rock was fully cured as the store owner assured me that it was. I will definetely try to bring those parameters down before I introduce any more livestock. It can be very discouraging to see these little critters struggling and you know you may have been the cause and you dont know what to do to help. Do you think two water changes in a week can also cause too much stress? Or do you think It would be okay to do another, only three days since the last?

Thanks for the advice and encouragement to stick with it!
Jen