Hey everyone quick question. The fish I recently purchased from a local fish store has ich unfortunately I did not quarantine them and added them to my main tank as I bought all my fish at once. (2 clowns and a fire fish)My question is if I remove all my fish from the show tank and quarantine them to medicate. How long before I can add them back to my show tank without risk of reintroducing them to ich? Also best way to medicate with the shortest recovery time possible.finaly I do not want to medicate the show tank as it is a new system and I hope to start adding coals by the end of the month. Sorry question an reasoning was out of order thanks and I appreciate the help.
marine ich
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i have used copper treatment but it is very stressful on the fish. hypo salinity is a better treatment http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums...nts/23131-hyposalinity-treatment-process.html minimum of 6 weeks QT
make sure to remove all the fish from the display for the duration of the QT
you can add corals during this time just no fish.
make sure to remove all the fish from the display for the duration of the QT
you can add corals during this time just no fish.
I am treating ich right now with great success. I run an 18 watt turbo twist uv sterilizer with 110 gal per hour flowing through it ( need to keep the gph low for killing paracites). Im also using Metronidazole mixed into their food and garlic as well to get them to eat the food. The Metronidazole is bitter and without the garlic they wont eat it. Ive had ich about a week now and its almost gone! I have used teh QT/hospital tank method with the copper as well, but to me it wasnt worth it. By the time teh 6 weeks rolled around all that was left alive was 2 clown fish and a blue damsel. THat was after doin water changes twice a day and measuring copper levels constantly. Yuck i hate ich
The last time I treated for ich was a few years ago. I kept all my fish in hyposalinity for over two months with one loss.
That fish died within a couple days of removal from the main tank so it was probably stress that killed him. All other fish
thrived in hypo. The oxygen content is higher at lower salinities. If you go the hyposalinity route, just remember to bring
the salinity back up slowly. I moved my fish directly from 1.026 to 1.009 right away but it took a couple weeks to get the
salinity from 1.009 up to 1.026.
That fish died within a couple days of removal from the main tank so it was probably stress that killed him. All other fish
thrived in hypo. The oxygen content is higher at lower salinities. If you go the hyposalinity route, just remember to bring
the salinity back up slowly. I moved my fish directly from 1.026 to 1.009 right away but it took a couple weeks to get the
salinity from 1.009 up to 1.026.
I did the hypo salinity and lost all the fish with ich on them. This is what got me out of the hobby last time. I took Jons advices used focus with garlic and something else. Lost all the fish. What's the moral of the story don't put fish in your tank without Qt. I will never do that again. Good luck with the ich if you can catch the fish qt them.