Very Tired of dealing with parasites...

[Chad]

Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

I agree and I was so careful but there is something I missed somewhere obviously. What Im so frustrated about is why after all the treatment its still around. The tank was fallow for 8 weeks. Before that it was dry for a month. And during this time the fish were all in hypo for 8 weeks. Where the heck was the ich hiding???

I have read that sometimes Ich can last in cyst form for up to 7 months.

Perhaps this has happened to you? Beyond that, it is best to do hypo, then normal QT for a month to see if the ich is truly gone. Since hypo only works if the salinity is strictly watched, perhaps your refractometer is mis calibrated and the salinity was not bang on, some Ich survives the treatment. Thinking your 8 weeks was enough you re-introduce them to your DT but some Ich survived and voila. All over again! Very frustrating for sure.

So your entire treatment length can be as long as 2 months. 1 month hypo, 1 month normal QT.. and 2 month fallow DT.

Not an easy prospect for sure.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by Chad

I have read that sometimes Ich can last in cyst form for up to 7 months.

Perhaps this has happened to you? Beyond that, it is best to do hypo, then normal QT for a month to see if the ich is truly gone. Since hypo only works if the salinity is strictly watched, perhaps your refractometer is mis calibrated and the salinity was not bang on, some Ich survives the treatment. Thinking your 8 weeks was enough you re-introduce them to your DT but some Ich survived and voila. All over again! Very frustrating for sure.

So your entire treatment length can be as long as 2 months. 1 month hypo, 1 month normal QT.. and 2 month fallow DT.

Not an easy prospect for sure.

Yeah I think your probably right...

Im sure the refractometer is working though because after hypo did not work the first time I borrow BOTH of my brothers refractometers. So I used three to make sure and they all read 1.008 after being calibrated. The fish were in 1.008 for 8 weeks. Then one more week or raising the salinity back up and then back to the display that was fallow for 9 months.

Ich was living somewhere though. It survived.