Hi needless to say I'm very frustrated and confused on what to do. I have a 220 that I set up back in September I started to add fish slowly using the quarantine method. All my parameter are good, Its pretty much a fish only tank, other then a few leathers. Most of the fish I have in there do not show signs of ick, however my kole tang and a lawnmower blenny tend to flash or itch. I got a Majestic angle after Christmas and has been in quarantine until this past week I put in the DT, he is cover with ick, so that meant that ick is present in my tank.
What I have in the tank is Yellow tang, kole tank, lawnmower blenny, green chromis, coral beauty, red head wrasse, flame hawkfish, and mandarin and the majestic angel, which I think I might lose.
I decided to pull everyone from the tank and do the cuppermine treatment and also leave the DT fallow for 8 -12 weeks to try and kill off ick. However I read the sticky post on ick, and now I'm very confused on what to do. I have quarantine tanks set up and ready to go.
Also if I do the cuppermine treatment will my wrasse, chromis and mandarin tolerate it. Or would it be safe to leave the mandarins in the DT or do they get the ick as well, I know they tend to repell them and they are doing find in the tank. I also have a healthy copepod critters for them to eat which they are both fat and sassy. So I kind of worry about taking them out, but if I leave them in the tank will ick attach them and therefor my tank is not fallow.
Thanks for any input that you may have.
Linda
What I have in the tank is Yellow tang, kole tank, lawnmower blenny, green chromis, coral beauty, red head wrasse, flame hawkfish, and mandarin and the majestic angel, which I think I might lose.
I decided to pull everyone from the tank and do the cuppermine treatment and also leave the DT fallow for 8 -12 weeks to try and kill off ick. However I read the sticky post on ick, and now I'm very confused on what to do. I have quarantine tanks set up and ready to go.
Also if I do the cuppermine treatment will my wrasse, chromis and mandarin tolerate it. Or would it be safe to leave the mandarins in the DT or do they get the ick as well, I know they tend to repell them and they are doing find in the tank. I also have a healthy copepod critters for them to eat which they are both fat and sassy. So I kind of worry about taking them out, but if I leave them in the tank will ick attach them and therefor my tank is not fallow.
Thanks for any input that you may have.
Linda