This past week has been something else reefers, but all is looking well.
Purchased from the LFS and all seemed well. Got home to the QT tank she went and the moderating began. Monday night into Tuesday, she must’ve been stressed. I woke the next morning to her having a bad outbreak of what I assumed to be ich.
I immediately dosed accordingly with Fritz Coppersafe and tested to a T. I let it sit Tuesday, Wednesday (tested), Thursday I noticed the white spots were dissipated or aka I could see less on the fish! Great sign! I added some drops of Fritz Coppersafe due to being low and tested again. Friday - a water change of 50% clearing away as much bottom debris as I could. Today is Saturday as well as Day 5 and she’s fought one heck of a battle (we’re still fighting this together). I did another water change knowing that I could remove more of the potential parasite. I cleaned the bottom again and added some fresh saltwater to the QT. I then “to be safe” did another Coppersafe treatment. (the tiny white you see in the most recent pic. is a Mysis shrimp leftover)
She’s eating well and is very active. She’ll be in QT for a few more weeks from here. I’ll do more water changes on Monday and again on Wednesday. I will begin to decrease the amounts of Copper via. my water changes, slowly acclimating to just fresh saltwater.
A few weeks in nothing but known fresh saltwater and I’ll see about the transfer to the DT! This is a first for me. My fingers are crossed she’s built a great immunity to it and will do well from here. Just wanted to share with you R2R fam!
Purchased from the LFS and all seemed well. Got home to the QT tank she went and the moderating began. Monday night into Tuesday, she must’ve been stressed. I woke the next morning to her having a bad outbreak of what I assumed to be ich.
I immediately dosed accordingly with Fritz Coppersafe and tested to a T. I let it sit Tuesday, Wednesday (tested), Thursday I noticed the white spots were dissipated or aka I could see less on the fish! Great sign! I added some drops of Fritz Coppersafe due to being low and tested again. Friday - a water change of 50% clearing away as much bottom debris as I could. Today is Saturday as well as Day 5 and she’s fought one heck of a battle (we’re still fighting this together). I did another water change knowing that I could remove more of the potential parasite. I cleaned the bottom again and added some fresh saltwater to the QT. I then “to be safe” did another Coppersafe treatment. (the tiny white you see in the most recent pic. is a Mysis shrimp leftover)
She’s eating well and is very active. She’ll be in QT for a few more weeks from here. I’ll do more water changes on Monday and again on Wednesday. I will begin to decrease the amounts of Copper via. my water changes, slowly acclimating to just fresh saltwater.
A few weeks in nothing but known fresh saltwater and I’ll see about the transfer to the DT! This is a first for me. My fingers are crossed she’s built a great immunity to it and will do well from here. Just wanted to share with you R2R fam!