fixingstill
New member
250G to have a blue hippo? Ok. Noted. Thanks.
My wrasse is dead. Why?
- Thread starter fixingstill
- Start date
250G to have a blue hippo? Ok. Noted. Thanks.
If you don't have any inverts or coral in the tank your best bet for treating the ich without having to remove the fish is hypo salinity. Do a search on it and see how it's done. I do agree with Chrisfont23 I have had ich go away on it's own. However in a very large system with very well fed healthy fish. You will not have that success since the system is very young so hypo is you're best bet.
fixingstill
New member
Thanks for the info. I will look it up.
ericarenee
New member
Depending on the fish you keep . I would think you misdiagnosed the the parasite with a fungal infection .Ich can live in a tank with some healthy fish.But i assure it does run its cycles infecting the fish .There could be something in your setup keeping your fish very healthy and they surviving living with the parasite...
once a tank has ich unless you use the correct measures your tank always have ich....
most of us leaned this the hard way back in the 80 and 90s.. we know better now .
ericarenee
New member
the ich has gone to the sand and substrate in the tank only to come back in larger numbers of parasites to infect that poor hippo tang . (a super delicate fish )
qt with low salinity and elevated heat is that fish only chance of survival . then return it to pet shop
Please I have a 7 foot long tank and i would NOT Put a hippo tank in it . Its just not enough room for such a delicate fish .
stupid Animated movies.....
fixingstill
New member
I am back. Kordon did not work. After a about 10 days of double dose, the blue tang has even more dots (even black ones?). Since I think it is a good idea to QT all future fish I will buy, mind as well set up a QT now and start doing the copper and Prazipro treatments at the same time while leaving the DT running fishless for a month.
Thank you for all of you who commented. To those who wants to try Kordon ICH Attack, it did not work for my blue tang and since you should QT all future fish, mind as well start doing it now.
Thank you for all of you who commented. To those who wants to try Kordon ICH Attack, it did not work for my blue tang and since you should QT all future fish, mind as well start doing it now.
Rybren
Well-known member
You need to leave it fishless for a MINIMUM of 72 days. Anything less and you'll likely still have Ich in the tank.
fixingstill
New member
72 days minimum. Noted.
Will the fish in the QT for 72 days be stressed out? No live rock no sand there. I know I will have to watch the water parameters but for 2 months crammed in there. I really worry.
Will the fish in the QT for 72 days be stressed out? No live rock no sand there. I know I will have to watch the water parameters but for 2 months crammed in there. I really worry.
TTM is easier on the fish than copper and from all my research its easier on you as well (less work) with copper you have to test test test and make sure the copper levels are consistent. too high the fish dies, to low it don't work. With TTM your simply putting the fish in a new tank or bucket every 72 hours for 12 days
and like the comment above, tank has to be fallow for a minimum of 72 days for the ich to go away
and like the comment above, tank has to be fallow for a minimum of 72 days for the ich to go away
fixingstill
New member
So much to learn. Thanks for the info.
billdogg
Well-known member
fixingstill
New member
TTM, Copper, hyposalinity.... stress here there, all kinds of water parameter testings... how can newbies be not confused... I will overcome this.
