Originally Posted by
azfishgal
Looking good. Quick question though. Since it was only FO and no live rock or corals, couldn't you have left all the fish in and just did Hypo in your DT. Do you think that would have been less stress on the fish and you might have saved a few. Just curious is all, not trying to be sarcastic.
Oh, and if you moved your fish to another tank to QT, did you leave your DT fishless for 6 weeks. If not you have a chance of seeing ich again.
No offense taken at all. I appreciate all the constructive comments I can get. Here is the situation.
The DT had inverts/LR at the time when the outbreak hit the tank. At this time I had not yet gotten the QT up and running. By the time the QT was ready ( about 2 days after I noticed the infection) , I had lost 3 fish. The only fist left was the foxface.
This is why I did not perform hypo in the DT. Next Thrusday will be the 6th week of a fishless DT. The foxface will come out of hypo in the QT this week. I'll take a week to raise the salinity before entering him into his old home.
I have learned the hard way the importance of having a QT up and running at all times. Unfortunatly I never before had room to have a QT running fulltime. I have made some changes to my house that allows it now.
