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mess7777 · 11/14/2011, 07:56 AM

I can feel the pain in this thread. It is amazing how foolish we can be in this hobby. I did the 8 week hypo thing, leaving my tank fallow. I lost one fish to a bacterial infection in the QT, luckily it seemed isolated to only 1 fish. The rest showed no ich symptoms for the entire time. My tank went to hell in the meantime, as the tangs were my algae control. Some of my rocks were pretty much beds of algae.

I added corals and inverts during the 8 week period, my tank was still new and I wanted it to look nicer. Either this or a bad QT(I don't think I screwed up hypo though) was my downfall. Soon after putting everyone back I had a couple white spots show up. Luckily they subsided and all was well.

Fast forward a few months, no problems and no plans to add more fish. I sold off the QT tank(I have space limitations).

Well, I decided to do the old blow off the rocks with a turkey baster trick. This apparantly released a bunch of toments just hanging around waiting to kick some ***. Now I have more ich than I have ever seen in my tank.

I also have no QT anymore and no desire to remove the tank inhabitants and do this crap all over again.

So I guess what I am saying, I feel your pain. It takes extreme dedication and willpower to do things properly, QT all inverts, corals, and fish. This is the ONLY way you will keep it out. The excitement of putting new animals on display won for me, and I now pay that price, possibly with the loss of many of my fish.

Best of luck to everyone here.

11/14/2011, 07:56 AM	#42
mess7777 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: QC,QC Posts: 987	I can feel the pain in this thread. It is amazing how foolish we can be in this hobby. I did the 8 week hypo thing, leaving my tank fallow. I lost one fish to a bacterial infection in the QT, luckily it seemed isolated to only 1 fish. The rest showed no ich symptoms for the entire time. My tank went to hell in the meantime, as the tangs were my algae control. Some of my rocks were pretty much beds of algae. I added corals and inverts during the 8 week period, my tank was still new and I wanted it to look nicer. Either this or a bad QT(I don't think I screwed up hypo though) was my downfall. Soon after putting everyone back I had a couple white spots show up. Luckily they subsided and all was well. Fast forward a few months, no problems and no plans to add more fish. I sold off the QT tank(I have space limitations). Well, I decided to do the old blow off the rocks with a turkey baster trick. This apparantly released a bunch of toments just hanging around waiting to kick some ***. Now I have more ich than I have ever seen in my tank. I also have no QT anymore and no desire to remove the tank inhabitants and do this crap all over again. So I guess what I am saying, I feel your pain. It takes extreme dedication and willpower to do things properly, QT all inverts, corals, and fish. This is the ONLY way you will keep it out. The excitement of putting new animals on display won for me, and I now pay that price, possibly with the loss of many of my fish. Best of luck to everyone here.