FOWLR Ich Treatment

[tm613]

I have a 180g FOWLR which has seen an Ich outbreak (possible from a temp drop as no livestock additions have been made to this tank in months)

I am thinking to use a hyposalinity treatment by removing all live rock from tank (and snails) to QT and lowering the salinity in the display tank.

Should I add a canister filter to the sump to provide biological filtration since all rock is being removed.? Would it be sufficient to just continue to run my needlewheel skimmer which has sponge tube on the output?

 

[ozadars]

Do you have lots of fish? If not, it might be better place the fish into QT. Bioballs can be used for biological filtration but first you need to keep bioballs in the tank for some time for bacterias to move to the bioballs.

 

[tm613]

in my mind quarantine means seperating the fish from the inverts (including live rock/sand) .....if all live rock/inverts/sand is removed from the "main" tank then the fish are in quarantine

In my case I have larger fish in a 180 gallon. i can put live rock in rubbermaid tubs

 

[ozadars]

Well, you are right. However when you take the lr out, you take the biological filtration out also and new canishter filter may not provide enough biological filtration and it may take some time for aerobic bacterias to move and grow on canishter filter which may be too late for sick fish.