Blue Hippo - Ich - Treating with copper

[daniella3d]

Sure, that's why I do hyposalinity no matter if the fish show sign of ich or not, as to get rid of what ever gill parasites the fish might be hiding.

Keeping a fish in quarantine with normal salinity is only good to see if the fish does not have something nasty as velvet or turn out with some other diseases. I am well aware that it may still have ich and not show it.

As for my fish in QT now, I am putting them in my display tomorrow, QT over. So far so good, no sign if ich while raising the salinity so I will see tomorrow and in the next few days.

At least I am 100% sure they don't have velvet because they have been in QT for 6 weeks now.

Originally Posted by Myka

Fish can/will carry the parasite in their gills "forever" unless you have TREATED every fish in a QT before adding them to your tank you will most likely have Ich in there. Simply quarantining the fish won't guarantee there is no Ich present, it has to be treated. 30% of the fish in the world's reefs are infected with Ich either in their gills or on their body, and it only makes sense that a much larger percentage would be infected in dealers' tanks. If Ich is showing on the body the fish is already severely infected.



Omg kill me for my typo! But thanks for pointing it out. I will change my post in case someone is reading this.



If done correctly hyposalinity is 100% as with copper treatment and leaving the tank fallow. Those are the only 100% treatments, but many people do not do them 100% correctly. Human error is the only thing that affects the "guarantee".

[Myka]

They need to be in full hyposalinity for 8 weeks to "guarantee" no Ich left. You should know that. By "full hyposalinity" I mean not including the days it takes to get to hypo or the days it takes to get back to normal salinity.

[daniella3d]

8 weeks? that's a bit extreme I did 6 weeks, hope it's enough.

When I raised the salinity, to help prevent any return of ich, I also treated with Paragard.

Originally Posted by Myka

They need to be in full hyposalinity for 8 weeks to "guarantee" no Ich left. You should know that. By "full hyposalinity" I mean not including the days it takes to get to hypo or the days it takes to get back to normal salinity.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

8 weeks? that's a bit extreme I did 6 weeks, hope it's enough.

When I raised the salinity, to help prevent any return of ich, I also treated with Paragard.

Well, it's not enough for that guarantee you really want! Why would you treat with ParaGuard after a hyposalinity treatment?

[daniella3d]

Just to make sure if there was any surviving kist, the larvaes would die if they ever got out of it while I was raising the salinity, so that they would not attach to the fish.

Originally Posted by Myka

Well, it's not enough for that guarantee you really want! Why would you treat with ParaGuard after a hyposalinity treatment?

[Myka]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

Just to make sure if there was any surviving kist, the larvaes would die if they ever got out of it while I was raising the salinity, so that they would not attach to the fish.

You could have avoided the chemical treatment simply by leaving them in hypo for a couple more weeks. Personally, the only chemical I use on any regularity is Praziquantel (wormer), and is more important than Ich treatment imo.

[daniella3d]

Well he's in the display for 2 days and no sign of ich yet. I don't know how long I should wait until I know for sure ich is gone? I could not do longer hypo treatment because I am returning to work and won't have time to monitor all this.

prazi might be more important one some fish but if a fish is dying of ich, prazi won't do any good.

Originally Posted by Myka

You could have avoided the chemical treatment simply by leaving them in hypo for a couple more weeks. Personally, the only chemical I use on any regularity is Praziquantel (wormer), and is more important than Ich treatment imo.