dogofwar
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I bought some dithers a couple of weeks ago and put them in a 30g to quarantine for a few weeks.
Well, a few days in the fish developed some of the most resistant ich that I've every experienced. None of the treatments worked and all six of them ended up dying.
The good news: they were in quarantine and no other fish were affected.
The bad news: I need to sterilize it before I use it again.
In a perfect world I would completely drain the tank, scrub it with vinegar, add new substrate, and soak the sponge filter in vinegar or dilute bleach.
Unfortunately, the tank will be hard to remove from the stand. I've already drained the tank to about 1/2" of water (all that I could get with a siphon) and have dropped the filters and heater, etc. into a bucket with Quickcure.
Any recommendations for sterilizing the tank? I was thinking that filling it, adding some bleach, waiting a couple of days, draining it, refilling, draining again, refilling and using de-chlor would do the trick. I'd then test with some tough fish...Any other suggestions?
This hasn't happened to me much...fortunately!
Thanks,
Matt
Well, a few days in the fish developed some of the most resistant ich that I've every experienced. None of the treatments worked and all six of them ended up dying.
The good news: they were in quarantine and no other fish were affected.
The bad news: I need to sterilize it before I use it again.
In a perfect world I would completely drain the tank, scrub it with vinegar, add new substrate, and soak the sponge filter in vinegar or dilute bleach.
Unfortunately, the tank will be hard to remove from the stand. I've already drained the tank to about 1/2" of water (all that I could get with a siphon) and have dropped the filters and heater, etc. into a bucket with Quickcure.
Any recommendations for sterilizing the tank? I was thinking that filling it, adding some bleach, waiting a couple of days, draining it, refilling, draining again, refilling and using de-chlor would do the trick. I'd then test with some tough fish...Any other suggestions?
This hasn't happened to me much...fortunately!
Thanks,
Matt