Is this to many fish in 35gal during Hypo?

[jwhiteuwc]

Hello,
I would like to move my new Flame Angel (has signs of ICH) over to my QT tank which is already at 1.009 because of a ICH break-out.
I have 2-Perc. clowns (1 Larger, 1-very small), 1 - Juv. Hippo tang (small).
Would that be considered overstocking for the 4 weeks of HYPO?

 

[elfdoctors]

If your tank is not cycled, this amount of fish (depending on their lengths) is pushing it. If possible you should try to avoid having more than 1 inch of fish for every 5 gallons (7 inches for your situation).
Do you have any alternatives?
You may have to do lots of water changes to prevent toxic accumulation of ammonia or nitrites.

 

[jwhiteuwc]

I was thinking of using Amquel +, plus doing water changes.
The hippo and one clown are very small 1 - 2 inchs, while one clown is full size and the flame is 2-3 inches (same size as yours probably from SWF.com).

 

[jwhiteuwc]

Only other solution I have is to leave the flame angel in the 10 gallon tank and the 2 clowns and hippo in the 35 gallon.
I thought that the 35 gallon would be sufficant on 5 gallons per fish. 2 fish are still babies

 

[elfdoctors]

The 1 inch per 5 gallons would be fine if you were dealing with a fully cycled tank. If it is not cycled, you are pushing it.
If you can keep the flame angel separate you are probably safer assuming you can keep that tank's chemistries stable (it is harder to do this in a smaller tank).

 

[wid]

I got the same problem, all of my fish got ICH. (don't have QT before, and don't know much). That's why I got a hex 5 gallon, for the smaller two fire fish. and the rest in the 20 G. I am thinking about converting my 10g freshwater to a QT too, just in case i need it in the future. i am planning to keep one damsel in the QT at all time to keep it cycle. (may put him in the main tank if no ICH after two month in main tank)