ick

[chuysvt]

Hey guys and girls, as your remember i have ick..i did have to many fish i got 2 fish out..but i wanted to get 2 more out.but to get them out..its hard i have a lot of spots that my net can get to them . i think its more stress for them trying to get them out..but for the ick part what can i do..not copper no way....

 

[Ogaawd]

your in that spot... hard place and a rock, IF you wish to be ich free there are no short cuts, all fish into quarantine for treatment, tank fallow 8 to 10 weeks, all new fish must be treated, if this can't/won't be done you will have losses and more outbreaks, many people live with ich and its a time bomb just ticking away

 

[chuysvt]

That sounds scary..

 

[wontonflip]

Do you have inverts in your tank? Or, as your signature states, fish only? If it's just fish, you could go hypo salinity for 30-45 days. You'd have to lower it quickly to 1.009, then after the alloted time period, raise it VERY VERY VERY slowly back up to your normal salinity. Ohnonemo's done this successfully. Depends on how sick your fish already are. I did for a hippo tang that I qt'd....got rid of ich, but she did not survive cuz she wouldn't eat.

Lowering it might also kill off some bacteria, too, so you'd have to watch out for ammonia spikes. It's a tricky process.

 

[little_fish]

https://www.livingreefs.com/oh-no-have-ich-do-do-t30950.html

You should find something helpful there.

Also, have you considered getting a large rubbermaid tub and setting it up as a temporary tank for the fish you would like to get rid of? That would lower the stress for all of them, so they would have a better chance of fighting off the ich.

 

[chuysvt]

Yes only fish.but will it kill my live rock..to lower salinity.

 

[little_fish]

It shouldnt . .. many fish only aquariums keep their water at 1.019 to save costs on salt. But be sure to monitor ammonia just incase it does kill of a portion of your bacteria.

 

[wontonflip]

Yeah but for hypo to really work it should be ideally 1.009-1.011. But you're right, they should be fine.

 

[Bifferwine]

Yeah, 1.019 is not low enough to treat ich.

 

[little_fish]

Opps, my bad!

 

[Ogaawd]

if ammonia is more toxic in elevated salinity and higher temperatures this would help with the loss of bio life associated with lower salinity wouldn't it?

 

[little_fish]

I dunno. Ive never read anything saying that ammonia is less toxic at lower temperatures and salinity, only that its less toxic at a lower pH. It might be true, i just dont know.

 

[chuysvt]

How low do i get it ..to kill ick. And safe 4 my fish. And how fast do i lower it.and for how long..and how fast do i raise it.

 

[little_fish]

https://www.livingreefs.com/hyposalinity-treatment-ich-t29672.html

that should tell you everything you need to know

 

[Bifferwine]

https://www.livingreefs.com/hyposalinity-treatment-ich-t29672.html

 

[Ogaawd]

Bad Me! Higher PH makes ammonia more deadly as does higher temperature and lower salinity

 

[Ogaawd]

chuysvt? how's it going?

 

[chuysvt]

I'm raising the temperature..slowly. .tomorrow i will lower the salinity.

 

[Ogaawd]

and your comfortable doing this right? you have a refractometer and it is calibrated

 

[chuysvt]

Yes..i hope it works..I'm not expecting a lot only to control ick..everything wash okay until the weather started changing..1/2 of the day is hot and then cold..