Will this work?

suzimcmullen · 02/14/2008, 10:21 PM

Ok.. Since I have 2 tanks and 4 fish... I have live rock in each tank and all the fish likely have the ich..

What if I take all the live rock and corals and put in one tank and leave that set up for the next 2 months without any fish, and put all the fish in the other tank.

Can I then treat with the medicines and eventually, after many water treatments and tests for copper, re-introduce some live rock and corals? This way, I don't have to buy another tank to use as a hospital tank and I don't have to worry about re-infecting my fish.

Any ideas??

Also, I saw that someone said that I can't use a certain type of filter or it will filter out the medicine. What kind of filter is safe and needed and what should I remove from the hospital tank?

Suzi

MYDRAAL · 02/14/2008, 10:36 PM

IMO I wouldn't use the tank your going to use as a hospital tank for a reef tank in the future. Doesn't matter what filter you use because the medication will probably wipe out ben. bacteria. Just do water changes to keep quality up. If you have sponge filter you can toss after your done medicating just use that.

MYDRAAL · 02/14/2008, 10:38 PM

Oh , don't use carbon on hospital tank and take out all live rock and/or sand.

suzimcmullen · 02/14/2008, 10:41 PM

What does a carbon filter look like? I have the filter cartridges that come with most filters. Is there carbon in that? Or, is it the spongy looking material that's always with those too?

Suzi

MYDRAAL · 02/14/2008, 10:45 PM

It will feel like there's rocks in most of the filters that have carbon. Check the package. If it's just (spongy) it probably doesn't have carbon.

MYDRAAL · 02/14/2008, 10:46 PM

It's not going to hurt anything. It will just capture some of the medication.

suzimcmullen · 02/14/2008, 11:21 PM

Ok, so now I need help. I did the switch. I put all the live rock and other creatures in my 14 gallon bio-cube. I put the fish in the other tank. So now I need to know how often to feed the button polyps? I wasn't really worried before because I figured they would catch what the fish wasn't eating and then I'd just feed them a couple times per week.

So now I have close to 30 pounds of live rock, 2 anemones and some button polyps in this tank a long with 4 large snails, a peppermint shrimp and all the little creatures that live in the live rock. I hope the rest of my first cycle goes ok. I've never had any bad readings when testing the water. Seems like it should be only better now.

Suzi

jaw969 · 02/14/2008, 11:48 PM

The anenomes would need the most feeding which would be maybe once or twice a week. All of the other will scavange.

02/14/2008, 10:21 PM	#1
suzimcmullen Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Midwest Posts: 890	Will this work? Ok.. Since I have 2 tanks and 4 fish... I have live rock in each tank and all the fish likely have the ich.. What if I take all the live rock and corals and put in one tank and leave that set up for the next 2 months without any fish, and put all the fish in the other tank. Can I then treat with the medicines and eventually, after many water treatments and tests for copper, re-introduce some live rock and corals? This way, I don't have to buy another tank to use as a hospital tank and I don't have to worry about re-infecting my fish. Any ideas?? Also, I saw that someone said that I can't use a certain type of filter or it will filter out the medicine. What kind of filter is safe and needed and what should I remove from the hospital tank? Suzi

02/14/2008, 11:48 PM	#8
jaw969 Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Centennial, CO Posts: 1,067	The anenomes would need the most feeding which would be maybe once or twice a week. All of the other will scavange. __________________ How do you kick this habit anyway.......saltwater addicts anonymous? Current Tank Info: Oceanic 120 RR-Aquamedic Ocean light-Tunze 9015-Will be a mixed reef

02/14/2008, 10:36 PM	#2
MYDRAAL Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: FWB Posts: 396	IMO I wouldn't use the tank your going to use as a hospital tank for a reef tank in the future. Doesn't matter what filter you use because the medication will probably wipe out ben. bacteria. Just do water changes to keep quality up. If you have sponge filter you can toss after your done medicating just use that.

02/14/2008, 10:38 PM	#3
MYDRAAL Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: FWB Posts: 396	Oh , don't use carbon on hospital tank and take out all live rock and/or sand.

02/14/2008, 10:41 PM	#4
suzimcmullen Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Midwest Posts: 890	What does a carbon filter look like? I have the filter cartridges that come with most filters. Is there carbon in that? Or, is it the spongy looking material that's always with those too? Suzi

02/14/2008, 10:45 PM	#5
MYDRAAL Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: FWB Posts: 396	It will feel like there's rocks in most of the filters that have carbon. Check the package. If it's just (spongy) it probably doesn't have carbon.

02/14/2008, 10:46 PM	#6
MYDRAAL Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: FWB Posts: 396	It's not going to hurt anything. It will just capture some of the medication.

02/14/2008, 11:21 PM	#7
suzimcmullen Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Midwest Posts: 890	Ok, so now I need help. I did the switch. I put all the live rock and other creatures in my 14 gallon bio-cube. I put the fish in the other tank. So now I need to know how often to feed the button polyps? I wasn't really worried before because I figured they would catch what the fish wasn't eating and then I'd just feed them a couple times per week. So now I have close to 30 pounds of live rock, 2 anemones and some button polyps in this tank a long with 4 large snails, a peppermint shrimp and all the little creatures that live in the live rock. I hope the rest of my first cycle goes ok. I've never had any bad readings when testing the water. Seems like it should be only better now. Suzi