Steven,
If I could please have your feedback on my ich plan.
I have a 72 gallon system which I am upgrading to a larger tank. However, one fish (a blue tang) has an ich infestation in my existing 72g display. This is probably due to stress as there were several new arrivals recently. There are now 22 fish.
Since I have to breakdown and move the existing tank to replace it with a new 210g tank, I was planning to use another spare 72 gallon tank, sump, skimmer, lights as my QT tank.
My treatment program plan is to:
1. have the 72g tank barebottom,
2. transfer 50% of the existing tanks water,
3. reduce salinity to 1.009-1.0010 over 5-7 days and maintain, and
4. have 10% waterchanges every 2 days for 30 days.
There would be no biofilter.
Could you provide your thoughts on the effectiveness of such a quarantine setup?
What are your thoughts on increasing increasing the waterflow to the bottom of the tank so that ich protomonts have less of a chance of attaching (two Tunzes alternating on/off)?
Also, will waterborne protomonts get "skimmed" out of the water using a skimmer?
Or, should I just setup a couple of 20g QT tanks to reduce the bioload, add aged biofilters, go hypo, and change 50% water every day for 5 weeks?
Many thanks,
Nadir
If I could please have your feedback on my ich plan.
I have a 72 gallon system which I am upgrading to a larger tank. However, one fish (a blue tang) has an ich infestation in my existing 72g display. This is probably due to stress as there were several new arrivals recently. There are now 22 fish.
Since I have to breakdown and move the existing tank to replace it with a new 210g tank, I was planning to use another spare 72 gallon tank, sump, skimmer, lights as my QT tank.
My treatment program plan is to:
1. have the 72g tank barebottom,
2. transfer 50% of the existing tanks water,
3. reduce salinity to 1.009-1.0010 over 5-7 days and maintain, and
4. have 10% waterchanges every 2 days for 30 days.
There would be no biofilter.
Could you provide your thoughts on the effectiveness of such a quarantine setup?
What are your thoughts on increasing increasing the waterflow to the bottom of the tank so that ich protomonts have less of a chance of attaching (two Tunzes alternating on/off)?
Also, will waterborne protomonts get "skimmed" out of the water using a skimmer?
Or, should I just setup a couple of 20g QT tanks to reduce the bioload, add aged biofilters, go hypo, and change 50% water every day for 5 weeks?
Many thanks,
Nadir