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05-13-2008, 07:45 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Maine
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 |  Can't get away from it !!
I'm just not going to buy any more fish  
I went though a case of Ich ,and did a kick-Ich treatment and waited three weeks not seeing any sign of it ,all fish looked good ,been on top of water changes , testing water , temp everything I can think of .
I picked up a coarl Beauty, and bam!! two days he's got it all over him  . All other fish look good and no sign of it on any of them yet .
I'm really bumed out  !! | 
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05-13-2008, 07:48 PM
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| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
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Remember that Ich is present in all tanks, it just lays dormant if everything is healthy. It is kinda like the flu. Fish get ick when they are stressed. A new fish would be very ich-prone. Let him settle into his new environment for a couple days and see what happens. Ich is like the flu a healthy fish can fight it off... _________ 55 gallon slowly growing reef aquarium, 85 lbs. live rock, 2 1/2" sandbed, 1 False Percula Clown, 1 Sixline Wrasse, 1 Blue Hippo Tang, Tetratec PF500 filter, 2 110 watt URI Super Actinic VHO actinics, 2 250 watt metal halides with Reef Optix 2 reflectors powered by Blue Wave 3 ballast, born 1/3/08 My Tank Thread My Tank Video  | |
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05-13-2008, 07:49 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Why did you get another fish when one of your existing fish has ick? _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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05-13-2008, 07:57 PM
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| | Fire Goby
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sun River,Oregon (Bend) Age: 34
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Originally Posted by lunatik_69  Why did you get another fish when one of your existing fish has ick? | And, how do you acclimate? Some fish (that are more prone to ich) need a little more attention when acclimating. | |
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05-13-2008, 08:04 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
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There have been no signs of ich on any of my fish for the past 3 to 4 weeks ,everything was looking great ! not one spot to be found anywhere, all have been eating good!
I would not buy A fish if there were any sign of it at all!! Thats why I've waited this long thinking it was safe to add something .
Again, no sign of Ich on the fish when I got it from the lfs! | |
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05-13-2008, 08:04 PM
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| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbus, Indiana Age: 23
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Originally Posted by Reefkeeper I'm just not going to buy any more fish
I went though a case of Ich ,and did a kick-Ich treatment and waited three weeks not seeing any sign of it ,all fish looked good ,been on top of water changes , testing water , temp everything I can think of .
I picked up a coarl Beauty, and bam!! two days he's got it all over him . All other fish look good and no sign of it on any of them yet .
I'm really bumed out !! | He waited a little bit... | |
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05-13-2008, 08:15 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Maine
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Placed bag in tank for 30 to 40 min. ,added alittle of my tank water ,then let set for another 15 to 20 min. then used net to take him out of bag to put in tank, lfs told me there water had copper in it and not to add it to my tank [So what did I do wrong this time I know it was something!!] thanks for Info. | |
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05-13-2008, 08:22 PM
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| | Ritteri Anemone
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Garden Creek,VA
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maybe you went got your fish on a day after they stocked their fish, most times is best to wait a few days in case the fish had been injured or it's stressed out by the trip from the supplier I normally wait 3 to 4 days to buy after the lfs has been stocked
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05-13-2008, 08:30 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Maine
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First thing I asked, was how long it had been there and how it was eating .They told me it had been there for two weeks and was eating good. | |
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05-13-2008, 08:37 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Maine
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Q. so when you all pick up something new, you stand just as much of a chance of getting Ich if the fish is weak at all? Spending the time acclimating it the best you can makes all the diff, from getting it or not? | |
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