Life After Hypo

[krzyphsygy]

Well, marine Ich made its way into my hobby about 3 months ago. Fortunatley I made a smart move in setting up a quarenteen tank and placing all my new fish in there prior to my display.
Thanks RC! This is the smartest move a hobbiest can make. If not for my QT tank, I would have infected my fish in my display. This includes a pair of expensive Picaso Clowns that I adore.

Yellow Streak Cardinals were the victims in QT and during a 6 week HYPO treatment 2 out of 3 died. I do have one left and she is VERY strong. After the death of the other 2 I decided 8 weeks would be a safe bet and she has made it through the treatment. It has been 8 weeks since the last spot was seen. I am brining up salinitiy now but I am very afraid to add her to the display in fear it might still be present.

Can anyone please post a success story for me about there experience when adding ich infested fishback to there display after Hypo treatment?
Thanks

 

[humaguy]

another example of why qt is mandatory...you should not have any issues when returning fish to your dt....you did everything right...tou could wait an additional few weeks for peace of mind..

 

[krzyphsygy]

Anyone

 

[humaguy]

???
Yes, I have had fish in my qt tank that have shown signs of ich and after a proper qt process were eventually relesed into my dt without any issues to any other livestock...

 

[jjk_reef00]

I personally am not a fan of Hypo because for me it is difficult to trust that I will keep the parameters constant over several weeks, but others seem to like it a lot so hopefully they will chime in.

 

[mt4sure]

glad to hear people using a QT for their new fishes, sorry to hear about the other 2 fishes but hopefully the remaining one continues to do well and don't have a relapse of ich.