jstlsn
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Please Help. My clownfish has ich and I have been trying to get it to go away for almost 3 months. Here is a history of what I have done.
Back on January 31st, I moved my clownfish to my QT tank because he appeared to have ich. Two days later on February 2nd I was able to catch my Yellow Watchman Goby and move him to my QT tank. He showed no signs of ich. Those are the only two fish in my tank. They have been living my the QT tank ever since. I lowered the SG to 1.015 for the first four weeks and moved it even lower to 1.011 about two weeks. The clownfish had shown no signs of ich for six weeks. So, I thought the ich was gone. So I stated to slowly raise the SG in the QT back up to match the main tank. About .002 each day. After four days the ich came back. Needless to say I was very frustrated. So, I did some more research on hyposalinity. That is when I found this article:
http://www.petsforum.com/personal/trevor-jones/hyposalinity.html
From what I understand, the first time around I didn't have the SG low enough and the ich didn't die off. So, I started over. The next three days I lowered the SG all the way down to 1.009. That was on March 25th. The tank has been a constant 1.009 ever since. That was 32 days ago. Right now my clownfish has 3-4 cysts on him that appear to be ich. Now according to what I have read, 32 days is longer than the life cycle of ick. So, why does my fish still show signs of it? What else do I need to do? Am I missing something here?
Thanks
Brad
Back on January 31st, I moved my clownfish to my QT tank because he appeared to have ich. Two days later on February 2nd I was able to catch my Yellow Watchman Goby and move him to my QT tank. He showed no signs of ich. Those are the only two fish in my tank. They have been living my the QT tank ever since. I lowered the SG to 1.015 for the first four weeks and moved it even lower to 1.011 about two weeks. The clownfish had shown no signs of ich for six weeks. So, I thought the ich was gone. So I stated to slowly raise the SG in the QT back up to match the main tank. About .002 each day. After four days the ich came back. Needless to say I was very frustrated. So, I did some more research on hyposalinity. That is when I found this article:
http://www.petsforum.com/personal/trevor-jones/hyposalinity.html
From what I understand, the first time around I didn't have the SG low enough and the ich didn't die off. So, I started over. The next three days I lowered the SG all the way down to 1.009. That was on March 25th. The tank has been a constant 1.009 ever since. That was 32 days ago. Right now my clownfish has 3-4 cysts on him that appear to be ich. Now according to what I have read, 32 days is longer than the life cycle of ick. So, why does my fish still show signs of it? What else do I need to do? Am I missing something here?
Thanks
Brad