hypo treatment with Mandarin's

[thomasf]

I have an Ick outbreak in my tank and will be setting up a QT. I have done a hypo-salinity treatment before and had great success. I have a catch this time. I have a target Mandarin and in a QT he will obviously starve in 8 weeks. If I leave him in the display tank I'm not leaving it fallow and thus not ensuring a ick free tank to return my other fish to.

Has anyone put a Mandarin through hypo treatment with success? Could I get by with him in his own QT tank and target feed live foods for 8 weeks?

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

 

[leebca]

Mandarins don't have to be dependent upon live foods.

Obviously if you try to feed it live foods from your contaminated tank, you won't be curing your mandarin. You'd be constantly introducing the parasite to the treatment QT. You could find another source of pods (e.g., buy them).

This article might help you try and feed your mandarin while it is in QT:
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-02/nftt/index.htm

It seems to me, thomasf, if you've done this before you'd want to avoid it in the future by putting all new marine specimens through quarantine before they get to your display.

Good luck!