Help - Hyposalinity in a fish only display tank?
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Im doing it right now. Had a bad ich outbreak. Pulled the corals and inverts and put them in a separate tank, fish are doing great now. I am running just below 1.010 salinity. I have an ato so parameters are very stable. The only big thing is a bright green algae will grow on rocks or anything left in the tank. Gonna run hypo for 2 months.
Yep, i left the rock and sand in based off an article i read on RC. I have a 125g refugium thats housing corals, inverts lr and ls so when i raise the salinity i simply hook it back up to the main tank and it will be a short cycle. I can tell you in my dt nothing has survived outside of the fish, but they are currently ich free and happy.
OK, I think I will give this a go in my main tank. I'll stock up on bacterial supplements and Dr. Tim's in case the bacterial filter takes a nosedive...that way I can roll back if the live rock doesn't like hypo.
I'm wondering how I should plan the rest of my stocking list. Should I rush them in, so they get the hypo treatment as well? Seems I should....any thoughts on this?
I'm wondering how I should plan the rest of my stocking list. Should I rush them in, so they get the hypo treatment as well? Seems I should....any thoughts on this?
So if you are qt'ing why not add all you want. I am. Just make sure you give it a full 8 weeks for the qt. I would recommend dropping your salinity, making sure its stable and then start adding. I havent had any issues with the fish i have in it. Tangs, angels, blennies, chromis, wrasse, cardinals, blennies.....
OK you're blazing the trail, now I'm right behind you.. Just did a 40G change to start the salinity drop. Wow, what a dangerously great idea on adding all the fish I want now. Too bad I didn't think about this last week before black friday...
Fractometer gets here tomorrow...got a porc puffer who's in rough shape from Ich so hopefully this drop helps him round the bend...
I found that thread on RC, great insights. Do you see any algae impact? Will my coralline die? I was going to start chaeto in my sump - should I just wait until after HS?
THANKS GUYS.
Fractometer gets here tomorrow...got a porc puffer who's in rough shape from Ich so hopefully this drop helps him round the bend...
I found that thread on RC, great insights. Do you see any algae impact? Will my coralline die? I was going to start chaeto in my sump - should I just wait until after HS?
THANKS GUYS.
Coralline will die. Would hold off on the chaeto, however if you still do try it let us know if it works. Also be sure to wet skim. My skimmer still pulls a lot of gunk but i have to wet skim to do it. Do not add any fish until you do not see anymore ich on your current inhabitants. Hope the puffer makes it.
Awesome, will do. Will coralline come back? Maybe I should pull a rock out and re-add it after a 3 month fallow tank run, so the coralline will regrow?
This will be a good test on what I'm dealing with. This Ich has survived Cupramine and Crypto Pro. And killed about $1K of fish. So it appears to be "super ich" or some other external parasitic pathogen that doesn't die easily.
On Cuprisorb, I actually have been running it (at 3x weight) for a few months, so I should be well past the copper.
Fun times...I'll repost progress/results.
This will be a good test on what I'm dealing with. This Ich has survived Cupramine and Crypto Pro. And killed about $1K of fish. So it appears to be "super ich" or some other external parasitic pathogen that doesn't die easily.
On Cuprisorb, I actually have been running it (at 3x weight) for a few months, so I should be well past the copper.
Fun times...I'll repost progress/results.