ClarkesReef
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recently my DT had an outbreak of Ich. I had set up a QT tank to treat my fish with cupramine. I treated for 14 days as per the bottles instructions ( 0.5
Mg/l ), I lost two fish ( lawn mower Blenny, and my royal dotty back) during this treatment . I have removed all the copper out of my tank. One of my fish had stopped eating and isolated itself (a yellow tang), but thought it was due to an ammonia spike I was having. It was at a 3.0 and I now have it down to a 1.0 ppm. Yellow tang is now eating with garlic guard. I’m thinking that the copper has killed all my good bacteria in the QT and caused the spike. I am doing regular water changes trying to lower because the fish must stay in this tank for the remainder of my fallow period for my DT. HOWEVER, my fish are still scratching, and my hippo tang has spots on her. You can only see them at a certain angle, when before in my 1st break out, you could see them on the hippo tang at any angle. What could this be? Air bubbles ? Flukes ? Could the ammonia spike cause them to scratch ? Or another ich break out . How is this possible after the 14 day treatment in my QT tank. I posted a picture of these white dots on the hippo tang . I had a hard time getting a picture of the dots at the right angle so Pictures are not the best
Mg/l ), I lost two fish ( lawn mower Blenny, and my royal dotty back) during this treatment . I have removed all the copper out of my tank. One of my fish had stopped eating and isolated itself (a yellow tang), but thought it was due to an ammonia spike I was having. It was at a 3.0 and I now have it down to a 1.0 ppm. Yellow tang is now eating with garlic guard. I’m thinking that the copper has killed all my good bacteria in the QT and caused the spike. I am doing regular water changes trying to lower because the fish must stay in this tank for the remainder of my fallow period for my DT. HOWEVER, my fish are still scratching, and my hippo tang has spots on her. You can only see them at a certain angle, when before in my 1st break out, you could see them on the hippo tang at any angle. What could this be? Air bubbles ? Flukes ? Could the ammonia spike cause them to scratch ? Or another ich break out . How is this possible after the 14 day treatment in my QT tank. I posted a picture of these white dots on the hippo tang . I had a hard time getting a picture of the dots at the right angle so Pictures are not the best