Rcpilot
Reef enthusiast
I woke up today to find my Flame angel covered in white spots. It's ich. I'm so F*#@*ING mad I could scream. Now my whole tank has it. That means ALL my fish are going to get exposed to it. Probably already have been exposed to it.
I know it was this angel that brought it into my tank. This is the same angel that had ich at the store. I kept checking on it and finally bought it when it looked healthy. I should have waited longer.
The angel has some kind of glob or mass of goo growing on the top of his tail fin and he was covered in ich this morning.
I made some baffles out of eggcrate and sectioned my 5.5g tank off into 4 compartments. One compartment for each fish. I want to keep them isolated while they are all in QT so they don't fight. Each fish is going to have like 3.5" x 8" of swimming room. Not much. I'll toss a few pieces of PVC into each compartment so they can hide. I stuck a Whisper 20 HOB filter on one end of the tank and ran a piece of vinyl hose from the pickup all the way to the other end of the tank. That should keep the water flowing across the entire tank.
I still need to make an eggcrate top for the tank to prevent anybody from going carpet surfing. Need a heater too.
I don't have a light for this tank. Will they be okay without it? The QT Tank is going to be sitting right next to the DT, so it should get some light from there--just not really bright.
I'm thinking I can put my fish back into the DT sometime around late February or early March -- just to be safe. That'll be like 10 or 12 weeks. Should be long enough to kill all the ich in the DT.
This sucks. I should have QT'd that angel when I brought him home. Feel like a dumbass. Now I get to jack around with water changes in the QT tank every 2 or 3 days. And only for 8--12 weeks. Yippee! :frustrat:
On the bright side, my DT won't be getting any food, so I should see nutrient levels drop. That may help get rid of my algae.
Waiting on the silicone to dry. Should be cured in about 3 or 4 days.
I know it was this angel that brought it into my tank. This is the same angel that had ich at the store. I kept checking on it and finally bought it when it looked healthy. I should have waited longer.
The angel has some kind of glob or mass of goo growing on the top of his tail fin and he was covered in ich this morning.
I made some baffles out of eggcrate and sectioned my 5.5g tank off into 4 compartments. One compartment for each fish. I want to keep them isolated while they are all in QT so they don't fight. Each fish is going to have like 3.5" x 8" of swimming room. Not much. I'll toss a few pieces of PVC into each compartment so they can hide. I stuck a Whisper 20 HOB filter on one end of the tank and ran a piece of vinyl hose from the pickup all the way to the other end of the tank. That should keep the water flowing across the entire tank.
I still need to make an eggcrate top for the tank to prevent anybody from going carpet surfing. Need a heater too.
I don't have a light for this tank. Will they be okay without it? The QT Tank is going to be sitting right next to the DT, so it should get some light from there--just not really bright.
I'm thinking I can put my fish back into the DT sometime around late February or early March -- just to be safe. That'll be like 10 or 12 weeks. Should be long enough to kill all the ich in the DT.
This sucks. I should have QT'd that angel when I brought him home. Feel like a dumbass. Now I get to jack around with water changes in the QT tank every 2 or 3 days. And only for 8--12 weeks. Yippee! :frustrat:
On the bright side, my DT won't be getting any food, so I should see nutrient levels drop. That may help get rid of my algae.
Waiting on the silicone to dry. Should be cured in about 3 or 4 days.
