Need Ich Advice Quickly

[lagatbezan]

Keep an eye on your ph. Low salinity could drop it causing issues.
In my opunion if you are going to go the route of hypo, then a ato is a must to insure the salinity stays constant. Any raise above the 1.009 resets the clock.

 

[BGFOWLRGUY]

pH is at 8.0. No change from where I was at before starting the salinity drop. I have an ATO so no problem maintaining the level where it needs to be. I took the salinity up a little to "stop the bleeding" and changed 30 gallons of water using RO/DI in case the problem was my dechlorinated tap water. I've had no additional losses but still have 3 fish that are not active at all. It's strange that some were never affected. I've got 3 options at this point:
1. Take the salinity back down and run hypo.
2. Continue to raise the salinity and run copper.
3. Craigslist.

 

[BGFOWLRGUY]

The bleeding has stopped with the initial loss of 3 fish. All the others have been accounted for and are no longer spending all their time hiding in the rocks. I'd like to see them eat a little better but if there are no long term effects from this incident I may get past this with no further losses. I see no white spots on any of the fish so I am wondering if it was even ich at all or some other parasite. The plan right now is to gradually take the salt back up. I'll remove 5 gallons of water, add a cup or two of salt, and pour it back in. It might take a while but I'm in no hurry. If the white spots come back I'll still need a plan to deal with them.

 

[Deinonych]

When the spots disappear, it's simply the parasite going through its life cycle, only to return days later. I would not abandon treatment at this point, as you have not eliminated the threat.

 

[BGFOWLRGUY]

I know it will be back since I haven't done anything except lower the salinity and get myself in trouble.