Hyposalinity for 3 weeks and Ich is back

[kevin2000]

My 02

Not sure i follow this thread. But hypo and copper both require good testing equipment for their treatments to be effective. Neither kills ich on the fish and both require the right concentration to be effective.

 

[jc16]

so what would be the most effective way to qt fish from the lfs?

 

[wayne in norway]

Bare bottom tank with internal bio filtering and pvc tubing and (shock horror!) some plastic plants works a treat for me. Prophelactic prazi is not a bad idea either, and ready with that copper....

 

[Stuart60611]

Well, I too am doing hypo (1.008) in the display with rock and substrate remaining. I am now in about my 6th week of hypo (began 9/26). My fish show no visible signs of ich. However, my trigger is still engaging in violent rubbing against the overflow, although far less frequently. He seems to do this only once or twice per evening (when I am home to observe him), where before he was doing it constantly. As such, I am pretty sure I stil have ich. I am not sure that this will ulimately be effective. It may just take longer with rock and substrate left in the display. However, I would think that this should work. Hypo kills the ich in its free swimming stage. As such, eventually, all cysts will hatch and enter the free swimming state to be killed by the hypo. I cannot fathom why this would not work, but obviously it sometimes does not. Very frustrating.

 

[kevin2000]

Rubbing is just a sign of an irritation which maybe related to a current parasite or maybe just an irritation from an open wound caused by ich. In theory hypo should work in your current situation but I would maintain it for at least 6 weeks and probably longer.

 

[Stuart60611]

I plan on at least maintaining hypo for 8 weeks. I may decide to pull the trigger out of the tank briefly (since he seems easy to catch, particularly because he attacks any object I put in the tank) and give him a 60 minute bath in paraguard. Perhaps this will rid him of anything causing the rubbing.

 

[limitdown]

Watch your PH when doing hypo as it tends to drop off very quickly. Keep the water well aerated and use marine buffer