Hippo with ich

[newb2salt]

I have a 180 gal community tank with a variety of fish. My hippo tang has ich so I suppose the rest of my fish are exposed to it as well but they have no signs. I have a QT but really cant get the fish out of my main without major disruption. I have been treating the entire tank with rid ich for about a week and the ich seems to be getting better but not really going away on this 1 fish (a dot here or there and scratching from time to time). I have taken the noodles out prior to treatment so the rid ich is not just dissipating. Is there anything I can do without freaking the entire tank out by trying to isolate this 1 guy? Any suggestions wuold be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[fiji_blue]

Do you have corals? If not i would just hypo the tank, that would be your best bet, bring it down to 1.020 and leave it there for about 4 weeks, correct me if iam wrong but that should work.

 

[newb2salt]

nope no corals or LR. Just a plain Jane boring fish tank lol.

 

[fiji_blue]

Hypo it as soon as possible. And your problems will all be gone.

 

[fiji_blue]

Ich can not survive when the salt level is at 1.020, and in turn will die.

 

[newb2salt]

Thank you man!

 

[fiji_blue]

Not a problem, this site is great for getting help and giving help, i love it lol

 

[lion_crazz]

Originally Posted by fiji_blue
Ich can not survive when the salt level is at 1.020, and in turn will die.
That is incorrect. Hypo is when you lower the SG to 1.009. Ich can and will live at 1.020.

 

[lion_crazz]

Can you post for your water levels?
(ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH, kH, salinity, temp)

 

[newb2salt]

yup Ph 7.8-8.0, nitrite 0 ppm, amonia 0-0.25, nitrate 1.0 and salinity is at 1.015 (just lowered 2 points)

 

[newb2salt]

oh sorry and temp80

 

[fiji_blue]

oops sorry, i do not know everything, it is just that when i lowered my salt gravity to 1.020 it killed the ich and my temp was at 80 to.

 

[reefiness]

RAISE YOUR SG BACK ASAP bring it back to normal. although you dont have coral you stil have inverts in your LR. and if you hypo you whole tank chances are your LR will just become R.

 

[lion_crazz]

Originally Posted by NEWB2Salt
nope no corals or LR. Just a plain Jane boring fish tank lol.
There is no live rock either. Hypo would be fine in the main tank as long as the hypo is done properly.

 

[newb2salt]

Thanks for all the input. I am going to hypo getting it down over a couple of days then keeping it there about a week. I'll let you know what happens. If anyone thinks this is a really bad decission let me know quick. by tomorrow I'll have it down to 13 hopefully.

 

[lion_crazz]

Hypo is good for killing ich, but it needs to be done for 3 weeks to effectively kill the ich.

 

[newb2salt]

Ok ty very much lion crazz I'll check back in with you in 3 eeeks then and let you know the results again thans so much

 

[peter1215]

Lion
shouldnt the HYPO timeline begin three weeks from the time the ICH has left the fish ? Not from the day the hypo began , correct?

 

[lion_crazz]

Originally Posted by peter1215
Lion
shouldnt the HYPO timeline begin three weeks from the time the ICH has left the fish ? Not from the day the hypo began , correct?
correct, from the time where you no longer noticed any ich on the fish.