Treatment Questions

[alanbates12]

Got an Ich breakout that I think I've had for around 1 month and today I've QT all my fish and plan to treat them via hyposalinity Tx. Got a refractory meter on the way and currently lowering my salinity. My PBT has several white spots and was not his self yesterday also my Tennenti has spots. Got a couple of nemos(no spots), two sand siffting gobies (no spots), one damsal (no spots), yellow tang some spots but the wrasse cleaned him up very good and a wrasse (no spots). They all seem to be eating well but I want this parasite off my fish and out of my DT. My questions are:

1. How long do I need to keep my fish in the QT tank?
2. How long before my DT should be rid of the Ich?
3. Is there anything I need to be doing to my DT tank?
4. What should I keep the salinity in my QT tank at for proper hyposalinity and for how long?
5. Any other questions I need to be asking?
I've learned a lesson the hard way and the next time I buy a fish it will spend time in a QT tank.. And how long should I keep new fish in a QT tank before they go in the DT.:bounce3:

 

[Stuart60611]

Read the below link to learn everything you need to know about ich and the hypo link contained therein to learn everything you need to know about the hypo treatment. The display needs to remain fishless for 8-12 weeks, and provided fish are returned to the display without ich the infestation will be eliminated.

http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/fish-diseases-treatments/23132-marine-ich-myths-facts.html

Most importantly, get some saltwater calibration fluid or take your refractometer to a reliable LFS and have it calabrated b/c even a slight error in not maintaining hypo level will result in the treatment being ineffective