blennielove
New member
Greetings everyone,
If any of you have read my quinine thread, you know that I'm now using formalin in my DT.
First, to clarify whether the quinine sulfate worked on my initial strain of ich - YES, the Lubock's wrasse I removed to my little 6 gal is cleared.
This current strain I have is from an Achilles I obtained after and I tried quinine sulfate and it did not work. All my tangs have this new strain of ich and the formalin is holding it at bay for several weeks now. I've recently increased dosing schedule to 37 mL every 48 hours and I'm finally seeing a decrease in "new" spots on the tangs. I'm waiting for all the spots to "fall off" of the tangs and then continuing the treatment for two more weeks after, hoping to kill any new theronts.
I was wondering if any of you have tried formalin in the past and how long did you actually use it. What was your dosing schedule and how much did you dose?
What do you think about halving the dose to 19 mL and treat every night instead?
According to all the recommendations I've read on line, for my 250 gallon of water, I should be dosing 26.5 mL every three days but I tried that and it did not work (as you may have read on the quinine thread).
Any thoughts and experience here would be greatly appreciated!
Thank You!
If any of you have read my quinine thread, you know that I'm now using formalin in my DT.
First, to clarify whether the quinine sulfate worked on my initial strain of ich - YES, the Lubock's wrasse I removed to my little 6 gal is cleared.
This current strain I have is from an Achilles I obtained after and I tried quinine sulfate and it did not work. All my tangs have this new strain of ich and the formalin is holding it at bay for several weeks now. I've recently increased dosing schedule to 37 mL every 48 hours and I'm finally seeing a decrease in "new" spots on the tangs. I'm waiting for all the spots to "fall off" of the tangs and then continuing the treatment for two more weeks after, hoping to kill any new theronts.
I was wondering if any of you have tried formalin in the past and how long did you actually use it. What was your dosing schedule and how much did you dose?
What do you think about halving the dose to 19 mL and treat every night instead?
According to all the recommendations I've read on line, for my 250 gallon of water, I should be dosing 26.5 mL every three days but I tried that and it did not work (as you may have read on the quinine thread).
Any thoughts and experience here would be greatly appreciated!
Thank You!
