Hello all,
I've been checking on this and other sites for info on marine ich and was thinking that other peoples experience's would be an invaluable asset when deciding on which remedy to use. I'll start off by saying that the tank is a 60 gal. FOWLR tank, well thats not technically correct as it does have 2 mushrooms and a little palm tree looking thing that I don't have a name for(perhaps an I.D. is possible). Anyway, back to the subject, I have a rabbit fish who is developing ich and thought maybe I should treat the whole tank in case any of the other fish(2 damsels, flame angel, half black angel, and a sail fin tang) just aren't showing the parasites yet. I have a 10 gal Q.T. that I can put the non-fish residents in, so that shouldn't be a problem. One of my concerns is the live rock, coraline, and any other undiscovered inhabitants.
In reading about hyposalinity, I'm led to believe that the sudden drop in the osmotic pressure (my new phrase of the week, thank god it's saturday) causes the parasites to literally explode, but then I read that you're supposed to drop the salinity slowly (kinda confusing). I'm looking for the least stressful (for the fish) remedy. The palm tree pic is in my gallery and thanks for your help.Ken
I've been checking on this and other sites for info on marine ich and was thinking that other peoples experience's would be an invaluable asset when deciding on which remedy to use. I'll start off by saying that the tank is a 60 gal. FOWLR tank, well thats not technically correct as it does have 2 mushrooms and a little palm tree looking thing that I don't have a name for(perhaps an I.D. is possible). Anyway, back to the subject, I have a rabbit fish who is developing ich and thought maybe I should treat the whole tank in case any of the other fish(2 damsels, flame angel, half black angel, and a sail fin tang) just aren't showing the parasites yet. I have a 10 gal Q.T. that I can put the non-fish residents in, so that shouldn't be a problem. One of my concerns is the live rock, coraline, and any other undiscovered inhabitants.
In reading about hyposalinity, I'm led to believe that the sudden drop in the osmotic pressure (my new phrase of the week, thank god it's saturday) causes the parasites to literally explode, but then I read that you're supposed to drop the salinity slowly (kinda confusing). I'm looking for the least stressful (for the fish) remedy. The palm tree pic is in my gallery and thanks for your help.Ken
