So, my 100 gallon has Ich. New tang no QT on Saturday, notced one white spot on tang, 8 hrs later its 4 white spots and hes scratching on rocks.
Equip available:
40B, 20 sump, need to remove old rock and water. Have skimmer. ATO can be attained. This was the DT a few weeks ago, so it has pump and all that.
If I ht and go through the hassle, Im doing every fish and leaving DT fallow for 6 weeks
Have spent hours reading.
Would prefer Cupermine or Copper as it seems moree effecitve than Copper, my concern is how to handle bioload. I have 2 clowns, a tailspot blenny, 2.5 inch tang, 3 PJ cardinals, Scribbled rabbitfish, Multi color pgmy angel, 1 barlet anthian.
That being said, I cant use prime or any other waste management system, besides water changes with copper, correct?
If I do hypo, I can do Prime, plus water changes to control wastes, right? If it was one or 2 fish in the 40breeder I wouldnt worry so much. But being that I am putting a pretty heavy bioload, into what amounts to an uncycled tank, only relying on water changes, I think having some chemical help in the waste management system would be advisable.
On a side note, the tang started on the body, but on the angle and rabbit, I noticed 1 or 2 small white spots on the fins. Everyone is breathing normal, and while the lights were on the tang was still eating like crazy. I will check in the morning and see how it looks. Oh and the compounding factor - I seem to be having a giant bloom of amipods, like on the glass in low flow areas, thinking what I might be seeing on the angel and rabbit could be amphipods?
The way I see it, I dont have a soultion to manage waste while using copper unless its lots of water changes, given the bioload. COuld be like 40% a day.
Please give me you thoughts.
Same thing posted @ RC
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2097815
Equip available:
40B, 20 sump, need to remove old rock and water. Have skimmer. ATO can be attained. This was the DT a few weeks ago, so it has pump and all that.
If I ht and go through the hassle, Im doing every fish and leaving DT fallow for 6 weeks
Have spent hours reading.
Would prefer Cupermine or Copper as it seems moree effecitve than Copper, my concern is how to handle bioload. I have 2 clowns, a tailspot blenny, 2.5 inch tang, 3 PJ cardinals, Scribbled rabbitfish, Multi color pgmy angel, 1 barlet anthian.
That being said, I cant use prime or any other waste management system, besides water changes with copper, correct?
If I do hypo, I can do Prime, plus water changes to control wastes, right? If it was one or 2 fish in the 40breeder I wouldnt worry so much. But being that I am putting a pretty heavy bioload, into what amounts to an uncycled tank, only relying on water changes, I think having some chemical help in the waste management system would be advisable.
On a side note, the tang started on the body, but on the angle and rabbit, I noticed 1 or 2 small white spots on the fins. Everyone is breathing normal, and while the lights were on the tang was still eating like crazy. I will check in the morning and see how it looks. Oh and the compounding factor - I seem to be having a giant bloom of amipods, like on the glass in low flow areas, thinking what I might be seeing on the angel and rabbit could be amphipods?
The way I see it, I dont have a soultion to manage waste while using copper unless its lots of water changes, given the bioload. COuld be like 40% a day.
Please give me you thoughts.
Same thing posted @ RC
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2097815
