Ich Questions

marty

Member
Ok, I think my yellow tang has ich. He looks like someone took a salt shaker and laid him on a plate and "salted" him. That's ich, right?????
Ok, here is my game plan.
1) go get a 29 gallon tank set up from *****
2) Mix up some fresh saltwater for the 29gallon tank
3) Place all my fish (clowns, damsels, scooter blenny, tang) in this new tank.
4) Do the hypo treatment
5) Let the 80 gallon tank sit for 4 weeks to kill off the parasites (I have 2 crabs, 2 cleaner shrimps, a lot of snails, and a chocolate chip star fish). Assuming these do not carry the parasite.
Question:
Once the hypo treatment is completed, how soon afterwards can I move some of the fish to another tank? I have a 10 gallon tank with lr and polyps that does not have any fish yet, but I could move the smaller clowns to it to help lower the load of the 29 gallon. How soon after hypo can they be safely moved?
Thanks!
 

marty

Member
Wow. I did not realize the hypo had to be kept for 4 weeks at that salinity. Thanks for the info. Many things to think about before embarking on the cure.
 

marty

Member
Hey jwtrojan44,
Before I start this, I am also planning on switching to a sand dsb instead of my cc/ls mixture. Am I better off just emptying the tank and saving the lr? What would I need to do with the filter (fluval 404) if I empty the tank?
Thanks!
 
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