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Originally Posted by sepulatian No because the disgarded water is very low in salinity. I realize the salinity is lower, but we all add freshwater to counter evaporation ne 'est ce pas? I figure I can do the same with the discarded water making allowances for and monitoring salinity...

Removed 5 gals hypo, added 5 gals seawater. SG 1.014. I was wondering, since my QT should be (theoretically) free of ich now, is it okay to add the discarded water from it, to my DT to get used to the bioload? :notsure:

Started bringing up salinity today! Removed 10 gals hypo water, replaced with 5 gal. fresh, and 5 gal. seawater. SG 1.011

Originally Posted by BrettD Here is a pic of them. The original image is 2560 X 1920. I don't have the best ability to reduce and lower the resolution at home. I'll try a better image tomorrow. Ich tomites are too small to be visible. Looks like pods to me.

Originally Posted by sepulatian How are your fish doing? Fine as froghair! Getting itchy to get 'em back in the display though. :jumping:

Originally Posted by Tinyfish I have been reading your posts with interest. I am 10 days into my adventure. Everything was going well until yesterday when I could not find my six line wrasse. It had wedged itself into the live rock. When it came out, it was almost dead (breathing but that is...

Originally Posted by lion_crazz Many people have tangs without having ich. True LC, and I defer to your superior knowledge, but thats kinda like saying there's a lot of mosquitos which don't harbor malaria. Surely seperating the tang couldn't hurt? Just acting on a hunch.

Sorry to hear of your troubles, I can relate. Your FW/SW ratio seems about correct. How did you calibrate your refractometer? Assuming your calibration is correct, and if you want to tough out the hydro procedure, may I suggest that you lose the sailfin tang in one way or another. IMO tangs are...

50% water change, everybodys happy. Will start raising salinity this Wednesday when I do my next 50% water change. Plan on changing out 16.5% (5 gal) with fresh seawater daily.

50% water change. Everythings copacetic.

50% water change today, Gramma was floating sideways again this morning, but resumed fairly normal behavior early pm (before water change). Decided to try'n tough it out one more week as the Grammas been on this see-saw a couple weeks already and he's still eating. Figure if I do lose him I can...

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Originally Posted by JasonMarc Hi everyone - just wanted to check in on my first attempt at a hypo treatment... I've read, re-read, and re-re-read the process on how to do it... so I think I'm all set there. But because I'm somewhat of a worrier: should I expect anything from the fish...

It has come to my attention via another db (don't know if it's kosher to post a link so I'll refrain), that after an extended time in hypo, certain fish can display alarming swimming behavior. Part of the conversation went as follows... Originally Posted by Other fish board guys "Poster # 1-...

Originally Posted by farnorth I am in my 2nd day of doing hypo and the ich seems to be getting worse on my tang. Oh yeah, don't know how true it is, but I just recalled from somewhere in my readings on the subject that the ich trophants can go nuts upon encountering the decreased salinity and...

Originally Posted by farnorth Tankyou.... I just started hypo on my mt and am curious if you knew when it/ if it kills the ich during the stage that it is actually on the fish. Ich can certainly kill while the fish is manifesting symptoms, and though I have no way of knowing for sure, I'm...

Originally Posted by sepulatian You have already started counting the three weeks right? Correct Originally Posted by sepulatian How far along the long road of hyposalinity are you at this point? Almost done actually, my three weeks should be up by this Thursday (12/28), but I'm thinking of...

Originally Posted by sepulatian I am sorry to hear that your Potter died, how are the other fish doing? Merry Christmas to you as well!! Hate to jinx it, but the rest seem to be doing okay. Gonna do another 50% change today. Good thing I get my water from the Pacific, don't know how I'd be...

Originally Posted by stimpy4242 Interesting, have you bothered to use the warranty on it? No, prolly will eventually Originally Posted by stimpy4242 Many people are using mag pumps on here without problem. Yes, and many also have problems. I bought mine because so many seemed to use them on...

I'd really be interested if someone could actually cite any serious research on the efficacy of garlic in treatment of disease in fishes, so far I haven't found any. Till then call me a sceptic.