Sm00th0perat0r

im treating my tank for ich and i took my carbon out but i left my skimmer on and now i have to start all over and i lost my big imperial angel and my coral beauty but my lemon peal looks ok what should i do to not lose or fish?

Cody

i believe your suposed to take the skimmer out becuase it can skim out someo of the meds that go to the surface

Sm00th0perat0r

yea i did now so should i just keep doing what im doing with the medication and see what happens or what you think i dont want to lose more fish you know

Cody

well ..does the lemon peal show signs of ich.....this is saltwater correct..now i dont really know anything about saltwater..only a little but not enough to tell you everything..i know in alot of cases you pretty much have to disinfect the whole tank..did yo uhave any live rock or corals in the tank..tell me some basics..and im gong to PM one of the moderators whos active in saltwater..fish and tell him to check this post out

Sm00th0perat0r

i just have live rock im goiong to take out my star fish and as many snail as i can and just use the medication on the whole tank so it all gone poeple say use a hospital tank but wouldnt it still be in the tank ? and its to hard to get them out my tank is to big ths 4 feet tall 4 feet wide and 2 in depth so yea its a pain. thanks so much yea have him look at it and see what he thinks iv been stressed lol having a sick tank sucks.

Peterpiper

First stop putting meds in your tank, you should never treat sick fish in your main tank as the meds can kill the good bacteria ( the stuff that changes ammonia to nitrite etc) and make your tank go into a cycle. get ready for some large water changes 50% for the next 4 days. bring your water temp up to 83f but dont raise the temp by more that 2 deg in 24hr. you will need to maintain this temp for 3 weeks from the time the temp reaches 83f. you will need to test ammonia nitrite & nitrate every 2nd day, should you see a spike you will need to do water changes. and put your skimmer back on now to help pull out the meds

Sm00th0perat0r

ok im thinking about taking all my fish and put them in my friend holding tank and start all over add more live rock and change about 50% of the water an let it cycle for a few day what you think?