Looking for a place to stop the pain. lol

[vannstockwell]

Hey everyone. I am Vann. I really tried to do it right with no live rock and going slow, but I am pretty sure I got some blue hippo tangs with ich and what a ride since then. Being new I didn't know what ich was and in trying to figure it out I have lost more than I want to admit to. Now here I am with my one fish left in a QT tank and a fallow DT tank with three corals, five hermits, and four snails. I have decided that I want to make sure everything is dead to move forward and QT from here on out. Thus here I am. So going fallow for 90 days should kill all fish problems, but I did not quarantine the corals, crabs, or snails prior to putting them in the tank. Last time I was at the LFS I noticed worms in one of the tanks so I am concerned about what was on my corals at least. I can't find any proof that corals and their pests being left fallow will kill what is there. I am really thinking of breaking it all down and washing it in tap water to kill everything and QTing the corals and starting all over. I will gladly move this to the correct thread, but this is why I am here. I have read many good articles from here, but I have not found this one yet.

 

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[Gernader]

Welcome to R2R!!

 

[ScottR]

Welcome buddy! Some great advice awaits you here. Feel free to post some threads in the forums and countless people will help you out and get you back on your feet.

 

[Dr. Phil]

Welcome to R2R! T You will find plenty of valuable help here!

 

[DeniseAndy]

Welcome!

First off, Good you putting the fish in qt and going fallow. Hard to do, but necessary!

What size tank do you have? This will significantly impact my suggestions.

 

[Peace River]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[Alarmguy66]

You wont find a soul here who hasn't made a mistake, so welcome to the party! There is always something new to learn in this hobby!

 

[vannstockwell]

65 gallon tank. Two Fluval fx4 (overkill but free so why not) so 75 gallons of water. Also I added a UV light because I really want it all dead. LOL

 

[SaltyCupcake]

Welcome to R2R!! We've all been there(I may still be haha), but luckily there are a ton of incredible reef wizards who can help with just about any question or challenge you can imagine.

 

[Phil D.]

Polyplabs Reef Medic!! Will enable you to treat not only the fish in QT, but also your DT. My fish had ich also and I used this on my tank and didn't have to catch them or break it down. It cured them in 15 days. Good Stuff!
And Welcome to R2R!!

 

[Reefnman2]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[vannstockwell]

I am wanting to kill anything that might have gotten in my tank and I am really trying to figure out if going fallow kills everything or if I need to break down the tank to make sure there are no worms or anything else that coral or inverts might bring in. Since I am sitting empty for 90 days I can either rebuild or sit fallow. Seems like about the same timeline.

 

[Intense37754]

Welcome and I haven’t seen anyone else ask but are you certain it was ich? Tangs are ich magnets though.
I made the mistake of treating mine for ich when I now realize that it was velvet and not ich, especially after 99% of the fish died within 3-5days. Not saying yours ain’t ich but unless you’re positive and/or you have pics you can post there are many on here that could tell you for sure

 

[Intense37754]

And the worms could’ve been something useful like bristleworms or an unwanted flatworm

 

[AcroNem]

Welcome!

Also, yes it's a good move on your part to treat and go fallow. What size system is this? Did you say "Blue hippo Tangs" as in multiple of them?

 

[Ruben's Reef]

!!! Welcome to R2R !!!

 

[ScottR]

I am wanting to kill anything that might have gotten in my tank and I am really trying to figure out if going fallow kills everything or if I need to break down the tank to make sure there are no worms or anything else that coral or inverts might bring in. Since I am sitting empty for 90 days I can either rebuild or sit fallow. Seems like about the same timeline.

Go fallow and QT corals and fish in the future. Worms aren’t really as bad as you think they are. Most are good guys.

 

[Niteowl]

Welcome to R2R. I think we all have made mistakes in this hobby from time to time. The silver lining is that it seems it could be a easy reboot for you with that small amount of fish and coral. If you decide to go that route, read up here on R2R. There is a ton of great info.

 

[vannstockwell]

The local lfs also has a marine biologist associated with it. I thought it was Brook, but he scraped the fish and tested and said it was ich. I brought them two dead ones to look at. I have seen white spots on some, bubbles like gel on others, and a fading of color too like a haze on top of the fish. One even looked like its skin was coming off. It was a hard crash. I really had no idea. I really don't want to do that to fish again. If my descriptions are not that good I am trying to learn as much as I can to do better next time.