Hi All,
After setting up our new tank
165 litres, LFS sand subtrate 1 inch deep, 1200l canister filter, standard lighting, 25kg of live rock and allowing it to cycle for 6 weeks, we finally added 1 x clown fish, 1 x strawberry dottyback, 1 x banner fish (over a period of 8 weeks from end of cycling) and then for a final addition added a blue tang (dory) to be moved to my dads larger tank in 6 months time. unfortunately the blue tang within three days of putting it in the display tank developed ich. Within a couple more days all fish had ich and had died even with medicating with trisulphate and hydrogen sulphate?. I must admit i didnt use a q tank, but have since set up two for future use.
We then fallowed the tank for 28 days, as per our LFS recommendation and on day 29 we added a bi colour dotty back and clown fish, who had been in the q tank for 3 weeks prior... happy healthy eating fish until they too within a few days developed ich and died.
the question is, i added 10kg of live rock (25 total) to the tank as i have to let it fallow for 80 days to be safe anyway (and always wanted a little more for a better rock scape)... can i do water changes as the tank is already cycled or leave it alone cycle again? the tank smells absolutely awful!
Thanks in advance for all your help.
After setting up our new tank
165 litres, LFS sand subtrate 1 inch deep, 1200l canister filter, standard lighting, 25kg of live rock and allowing it to cycle for 6 weeks, we finally added 1 x clown fish, 1 x strawberry dottyback, 1 x banner fish (over a period of 8 weeks from end of cycling) and then for a final addition added a blue tang (dory) to be moved to my dads larger tank in 6 months time. unfortunately the blue tang within three days of putting it in the display tank developed ich. Within a couple more days all fish had ich and had died even with medicating with trisulphate and hydrogen sulphate?. I must admit i didnt use a q tank, but have since set up two for future use.
We then fallowed the tank for 28 days, as per our LFS recommendation and on day 29 we added a bi colour dotty back and clown fish, who had been in the q tank for 3 weeks prior... happy healthy eating fish until they too within a few days developed ich and died.
the question is, i added 10kg of live rock (25 total) to the tank as i have to let it fallow for 80 days to be safe anyway (and always wanted a little more for a better rock scape)... can i do water changes as the tank is already cycled or leave it alone cycle again? the tank smells absolutely awful!
Thanks in advance for all your help.
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