Opinions Please

[TriniStylez]

My new Puffer has been in QT for two weeks now. He is very active and seems happy but was showing a few signs of ich on one of his fins, so I immediately began Hyposalinity. When I began the Hypo, the ich spots disappeared overnight and were gone for a few days. But yesterday I noticed that he has new ich spots on a few fins...Is this normal during hypo? I plan on keeping him in hypo for three more weeks, maybe four more. He is at 1.010 right now but I was also wondering if I need to go a slight bit lower, like 1.009?

As I said before, it seems to be a very mild case of ich and is not affecting him in any other ways.

Thanks for your advice.

 

[Hattie B]

Yes that is normal. That is a part of the lifecycle of the parasite. The feed, fall off, breed then reinfect.

.10 IMO is fine, leave it there.

There is a good sticky at the top that explains ich.

 

[TerryB]

Your salinity may be too high to effectively treat ich. What are you using to measure the salinity? Check the salinity not the Specific Gravity. Use a salinity of 14ppt. Measure with a refractometer. Plastic hydrometers are usually too inaccurate. Check the pH daily and buffer as needed.

TerryB