Hypo and Quarintine

[smpross]

Hi all,
Ok, here is my situation. I have a 90 gallon tank with a wet/dry and a canister. I noticed this evening that my box fish had Ick. So I need to do Hypo. I grabbed my 35 gallon rubbermaid and filled it up about 15 gallons of water from the infected tank. I then moved my live rock and inverts into it. I then disconnected my canister filter and hooked it up only to the rubbermaid. I also added a heater. So I want to make sure that my Inverts will be ok in the rubbermaid (I have heard of others doing this) and that my display tank will be ok with only the wet/dry temporarily. I have been told that this will work, but I am still concerned. So I thought that I would ask the experts. Anyway, How long do I need to leave the rubbermaid fish free so that the ick does not have a host? and I guess that I will need to clean out the canister real well before hooking it back up to my display tank... Any Thoughts? Scott

 

[elfdoctors]

You need to keep your rubbermaid fish free for a month to eradicate any ich living in it.
The cannister filter should also be disease free by that point. It should not require any additional care (assuming it doesn't have to be cleaned anyway.
As long as you keep your display tank very clean (no leftover food) you probably can get by with only the wet/dry for filtration. Test your water frequently to be sure.
What are you doing with your substrate. Many people suggest removing at least some of this to help reseed your substrate with beneficial worms, etc after hypo as your subsrate will lack many lifeforms which have been helping to keep it clean.

 

[smpross]

Thanks. I did not think about the substrate. I am going to remove some of it and place it into the Rubbermaid tank! Any other suggestions? Scott

 

[elfdoctors]

Originally posted by smpross
Any other suggestions?
You can review the FAQ sticky at the top of this forum.
I would also consider some cheap lighting if you have it available to decrease the normal dieback of whatever coraline algae you have.