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by luvmypuffer
Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:04 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: porcupine puffer keeps getting ich!!
Replies: 20
Views: 4867

Re: porcupine puffer keeps getting ich!!

Puffer Queen, do you think it is safe to treat my main tank with the lifeguard i mentioned above? It does not contain copper and I don't have any corals. Just 2 anemones and the starfish.
by luvmypuffer
Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:53 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: porcupine puffer keeps getting ich!!
Replies: 20
Views: 4867

Re: porcupine puffer keeps getting ich!!

The 30 gal. tank is not cycled. I can't just put them in freshly started marine tank for QT, can I? The tank has just been sitting empty and I can't transfer the water from my main tank as it is the tank holding the parasite infection. I don't know, but I've got do something soon!
Thanks :)
by luvmypuffer
Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:05 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: porcupine puffer keeps getting ich!!
Replies: 20
Views: 4867

Re: porcupine puffer keeps getting ich!!

To answer tigerbee's question, I am quarantining them for 5 days. That's the directions on the meds and it has been working. The meds I'm using do not contain copper, do you think I could treat my main tank with it without harming my anemones or starfish? I have nowhere else to house them, no big en...
by luvmypuffer
Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:57 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: porcupine puffer keeps getting ich!!
Replies: 20
Views: 4867

Re: porcupine puffer keeps getting ich!!

No, Pufferpunk, that's okay. I thought these 2 were the best sites so I did both. I know I need to take my fish out of the tank, but I have only a 2.5 gal. sick tank and have been transferring water to it from the main tank.I have an extra 10 gal. and my mom has an extra 30 gal, but neither is a cyc...
by luvmypuffer
Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:13 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: porcupine puffer keeps getting ich!!
Replies: 20
Views: 4867

Re: porcupine puffer keeps getting ich!!

Oh, by the way (I'm new, I forgot)-my tank has been set up for around 6 months. I cycled it with live sand, crushed coral and a few live rock. I added some hardy damsels to speed it up after about 3 weeks. I tried some fish after 2 months, resulting in loss, but the tank has succesfully housed fish ...
by luvmypuffer
Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:06 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: porcupine puffer keeps getting ich!!
Replies: 20
Views: 4867

porcupine puffer keeps getting ich!!

Okay, this one is a toughie-please bear with me. Okay, I bought a small porcupine puffer about a month ago. The only thing fishwise in the tank at the time was a very aggressive (I soon found out) yellow tang. The puffer came down with ich so I treated him in my 2.5 gal. sick tank with a product rec...