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Post by Chris4Reef on Sept 13, 2008 23:30:41 GMT -5
i had my own battles in the past to marine ich, but carl from your readings why is it that ALOT of clownfish both TR and Wild seem to get it. is it mostly a clownfish diease that other fish just catch? i kinda assumed that TR might have been breed too quickly that their immune system is weak but i watched a video about how brookynella has also been killing off wild caught clownfish too. im preying that my pair of true perculas wont get it. and for wild fish they seem to adjust really quickly. makes me wonder if they are really wild caught
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Post by goldenpuon on Sept 14, 2008 0:11:52 GMT -5
When I first started with feeder goldfish I was told they were unhealthy and they got too many cases of ich to count + they died mysteriously. Now they are very healthy and spawning daily in a 10 gallon!! I just found a egg tonight. I got the filter, now I just need some time during the day to start to get the 40 gallon ready.
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Post by Chris4Reef on Sept 14, 2008 0:31:07 GMT -5
well i got to give u a hand, i have not ever been able to breed goldies. congrats.
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Post by Carl on Sept 14, 2008 10:16:02 GMT -5
i had my own battles in the past to marine ich, but carl from your readings why is it that ALOT of clownfish both TR and Wild seem to get it. is it mostly a clownfish diease that other fish just catch? i kinda assumed that TR might have been breed too quickly that their immune system is weak but i watched a video about how brookynella has also been killing off wild caught clownfish too. im preying that my pair of true perculas wont get it. and for wild fish they seem to adjust really quickly. makes me wonder if they are really wild caught Brooklynella is difficult to treat and is very similar to Oodinium in how it affects fish and treatment/prevention. Unfortunately the best treatment is Chloraquin Phosphate which i have been unable to find since the demise of Aquatronics. Barring this, copper is the most efffective in a hospital tank, although Quick Cure and Paraguard also can be effective (My use and feedback from LA is that ParaGuard is better now). Prevention is the key though, a MB bath and 3-5 minute FW dip (adjusted for pH) are very effective for both treatment and prevention, although with treatment, the Brooklynella may just get right back on if they are not treated systemically Brooklynella along with Oodinium are very easily killed by FW, a hyposalinic tank can also help (around 1.015 specific gravity), the problem here this is hard on corals, anemonones, etc. The other very effective preventative (when used with baths and dips) is UV Sterilization and in fact it was the diseases Brooklynella/Oodinium and my desire to control them that led me to require UV Sterilizers (properly installed that is) on ALL my clients tanks or I would refuse the contract. Please refer to my Oodium article for more: Marine Oodinium/BrooklynellaCarl
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