Blue Hippo - Ich - Treating with copper

[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.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by 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.

I suppose you have to wait forever...? With fish like Hippos I really don't think you're ever totally safe unless it's a FOWLR and you hypo the whole tank, and never add another thing to the tank.

I have never had a saltwater fish die from Ich, but I have had several die from worms. I dissect all dead fish. Sometimes I can tell what happened, sometimes I can't. A kid's microscope comes in handy.

EDIT: I don't think you actually said what kind of fish you were quarantining...?