Reefahholic
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x2 on the aquaclear HOB filters. That's all I run on my QT's. Dead silent, easy to set up. Consistantly work. Reasonably priced too.
My 8 Week Ich Journey (Active Thread)
- Thread starter Cryptobiologist
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x2 on the aquaclear HOB filters. That's all I run on my QT's. Dead silent, easy to set up. Consistantly work. Reasonably priced too.
Cryptobiologist
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thanks but you guess never actually answered my question.... why would i all of a sudden have an ammonia issue?
MrTuskfish
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Because you don't seem to have anything to control ammonia, your post # 17. No LR and apparently no bio-filter at all.
Cryptobiologist
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ahhhh the LR
MrTuskfish
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ahhhhhh, yep.
Cryptobiologist
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update: no signs of ich. still waiting
Triggerfish
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curious what documentation you came across that made any reference to hypo being effective for only a 4 week treatment?
Since only the tomite stage of the life cycle is effected, that time period would be rolling the dice a bit.
Triggerfish
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hope his tank is fishless.. part of the lifecycle is loaded on the rocks.
that's how i originally transferred ich to one of my tanks in the past.
Triggerfish
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yes,,if this treatment is being performed in a new tank. however if in the DT where outbreak occurred 10-12 weeks at min.
I agree. I too was questioning the 4 weeks which I do not agree with.
sharing water is a recipe for disaster.
Cryptobiologist
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if you had read the entire thread... the tank has all rock removed. today is the 4 week point and i havent seen ich since the 3rd day of treatment. i only lost 1 fish and that was the 2nd day of treatment. i will now begin to raise the salinity slowly for the next 4 weeks. then on the final day of the 8 weeks i will return the rock and star fish and crabs which have been in a separate tank at a friends place this whole time...i feel like a lot of you have doubted this method but so far it has gone great.
Triggerfish
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this is what I was referring to, not your tank. you moved infested LR to antoher tank..does the tank it was moved to have fish?
Cryptobiologist
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nope just a tank with a filter and lights
Deinonych
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The reason for this is the countless anecdotes in these forums of hypo treatments failing. If you are able to pull it off, great!
Triggerfish
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the tough thing with hypo method is water evap throughout the day raises the salinity. unless you have auto top off set at a very minimal level or lower to 1.007 or so to allow for the evap.
Correct. Another point not often considered is that the theront's infectivity is highest early in its life. By 6"โ8 hours after it leaves the cyst, its infectivity is greatly reduced (Burgess 1992; Yoshinaga and Dickerson 1994; Colorni and Burgess 1997; Dan et al. 2009). So this is the window that absolutely must have the appropriate treatment, be it chemical or hyposalinity, be viable. Keep in mind, that there are (my recollection is) about 14 different strains of cryptocaryon irritans, at least one of which is immune to hyposalinity. This small window of vulnerability in the cryptocaryon irritans life cycle also explains why UV has little to no effect on eradication. It would be very difficult, if not impossible, to pass all water (especially with surface skimming) by a UV even if it were properly matched to the flow rate.
Triggerfish
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interesting, first I have heard of any known strain to be immune to hypo. although its been a few years since I was actively researching.
Cryptobiologist
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update. only 2 survivors.... 2 clowns salinity is back to normal and all is well
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