nikki23
New Member
OK, here's the story...
I had a DISASTER happen with my tank
Following protocol, upon purchasing two new clown loaches for my single guy, I placed them in quarantine for about 10 days and treated the ick they ALL seem to carry.
After what looked to be the all clear I transferred them into my 45 gallon community tank (This was a well established in-wall tank that had been running strong for a good 5 years or so). Within a day the ick came back on with a vengeance.
Well, so now I treat the community tank with maracide. After running out of maracide, after the second day, I run right out and purchase more. Unbeknownst to me, THEY CHANGED THE FORMULA!
So I do the usual dose. Next morning I have no less than 13 floaters!
Of course they are my precious cochu's blue tetras, rummy nosed tetras, black neon tetras and one giant Danio that was way beyond old age.
I ended up having to uproot and remove ALL the deco from the tank. "Stiff the tank" as was a professional term for scooping out the dead when I worked for a pet store and basically start over with a MAJOR water change.
It was a heartbreaking assembly line. Me scooping dead fish into cups and handing them down (need a ladder to access the in-wall tank) to my little daughter (3 years old, but going on 23 and should be a college grad by the end of the month ) who would take them to be flushed, telling them she was sorry they died, but we were trying to save their friends.
With her help (hubby was of course out of town on business when disaster should strike), she helped hold the siphon hose in the bucket while I worked overhead to save the remaining danios, pleko and upside down catfish.
Well, finally replaced the cochu's blue (made it into the community tank) and just got more rummy nosed and a pair of glass catfish when the ick strikes again in the quarantine tank. Lost one rummy, but the rest are holding on.
HERE'S THE QUESTION:
Anyone have a suggestion to treat this outbreak without damage to fragile rummy nosed tetras? The glass catfish seem unaffected. I found a fraction of the old maracide that I used for the first treatment and so far they are holding steady.
So that's what's happening here and I'm finally back...
Nikki
PS. The original loach survived and seems happy as a lark, much more social then the two new guys ever were. I returned the dead new arrivals to the store for a refund although they weren't the most pleasant about it, particularly since I showed lament over the loss of MANY of my community fish, not just the ones purchased. They actually had the nerve to ask me "Why did you buy the fish then?" after I informed them, it is not legal to sell sick animals. After throwing out the dead fish and the water sample, a second person asked for a water sample which I promptly informed them was thrown out by their co-worker. The establishment??? Petco.... Although they did indeed refund my money and never tested my water sample from their garbage.
I had a DISASTER happen with my tank
Following protocol, upon purchasing two new clown loaches for my single guy, I placed them in quarantine for about 10 days and treated the ick they ALL seem to carry.
After what looked to be the all clear I transferred them into my 45 gallon community tank (This was a well established in-wall tank that had been running strong for a good 5 years or so). Within a day the ick came back on with a vengeance.
Well, so now I treat the community tank with maracide. After running out of maracide, after the second day, I run right out and purchase more. Unbeknownst to me, THEY CHANGED THE FORMULA!
So I do the usual dose. Next morning I have no less than 13 floaters!
Of course they are my precious cochu's blue tetras, rummy nosed tetras, black neon tetras and one giant Danio that was way beyond old age.
I ended up having to uproot and remove ALL the deco from the tank. "Stiff the tank" as was a professional term for scooping out the dead when I worked for a pet store and basically start over with a MAJOR water change.
It was a heartbreaking assembly line. Me scooping dead fish into cups and handing them down (need a ladder to access the in-wall tank) to my little daughter (3 years old, but going on 23 and should be a college grad by the end of the month
) who would take them to be flushed, telling them she was sorry they died, but we were trying to save their friends.With her help (hubby was of course out of town on business when disaster should strike), she helped hold the siphon hose in the bucket while I worked overhead to save the remaining danios, pleko and upside down catfish.
Well, finally replaced the cochu's blue (made it into the community tank) and just got more rummy nosed and a pair of glass catfish when the ick strikes again in the quarantine tank. Lost one rummy, but the rest are holding on.
HERE'S THE QUESTION:
Anyone have a suggestion to treat this outbreak without damage to fragile rummy nosed tetras? The glass catfish seem unaffected. I found a fraction of the old maracide that I used for the first treatment and so far they are holding steady.
So that's what's happening here and I'm finally back...
Nikki
PS. The original loach survived and seems happy as a lark, much more social then the two new guys ever were. I returned the dead new arrivals to the store for a refund although they weren't the most pleasant about it, particularly since I showed lament over the loss of MANY of my community fish, not just the ones purchased. They actually had the nerve to ask me "Why did you buy the fish then?" after I informed them, it is not legal to sell sick animals. After throwing out the dead fish and the water sample, a second person asked for a water sample which I promptly informed them was thrown out by their co-worker. The establishment??? Petco.... Although they did indeed refund my money and never tested my water sample from their garbage.
