Heres the story...
Day 1- I have to rush a setup on my 20gal nano reef due to an amazing 180$ savings deal on live rock. Setup using cycled water, and rock. Airstone, and power head is all I got running. Have cleaner shrimp, and some type of crab.
Day 2/3- Cleaner shrimp, and crap alive, seem to be happy
day 4- add water to tank (it was only about 60% full). Buy 2 clownfish. acclimated too fast... (10 minutes of very fast drip). Fish appear to be well. I am happy.
day 5morning- fish alive and well, no signs of ick
day 5afternoon- no signs of ick
day 5night- WTF is wrong with my fish?!?!?!?!?! really bad ick!!!
okay, I know how to deal with this. so I added the recomended dose of API's liquid super ick cure to the tank, some live bacteria, half dose of slime coat vitamin protection? and some reef vitamins and trace elements?
my questions are...
1. How likley are my fish to survive? (ick is all over body, 25-40 white specks per square cm)
2. In my panic, did I just destroy my live rock?
I know I should have a quarenteen tank, but theres no way I can get one. My aquarium is on the floor without a stand because I was keeping the live rock alive. Freshwater dip???
Thanks for any help in advance, Ill update with whats going on.
Day 1- I have to rush a setup on my 20gal nano reef due to an amazing 180$ savings deal on live rock. Setup using cycled water, and rock. Airstone, and power head is all I got running. Have cleaner shrimp, and some type of crab.
Day 2/3- Cleaner shrimp, and crap alive, seem to be happy
day 4- add water to tank (it was only about 60% full). Buy 2 clownfish. acclimated too fast... (10 minutes of very fast drip). Fish appear to be well. I am happy.
day 5morning- fish alive and well, no signs of ick
day 5afternoon- no signs of ick
day 5night- WTF is wrong with my fish?!?!?!?!?! really bad ick!!!
okay, I know how to deal with this. so I added the recomended dose of API's liquid super ick cure to the tank, some live bacteria, half dose of slime coat vitamin protection? and some reef vitamins and trace elements?
my questions are...
1. How likley are my fish to survive? (ick is all over body, 25-40 white specks per square cm)
2. In my panic, did I just destroy my live rock?
I know I should have a quarenteen tank, but theres no way I can get one. My aquarium is on the floor without a stand because I was keeping the live rock alive. Freshwater dip???
Thanks for any help in advance, Ill update with whats going on.