Lionfish

[diener311]

Hello, I have a few questions regarding my lionfish. I have had him for about 4 months now, but he got ich about a week and a half ago. I have been trying to treat him with an additive called sano, which is actually just a vitamin that you add to the water. I also was feeding him garlic soaked silversides to no avail. The ich just keeps coming back every time he sheds his skin. His eyes have also been cloudy for about a week. I have tried myacin 2 to treat the cloudy eyes. After that didn't work, I tried copper at half the recomended dosage as a last resort. That even didn't really do anything other than cause his fins to deteriorate, so i put fresh carbon in and did a 50% water change. Last night I tried a freshwater bath, which seemed to remove most of the ich. The problem is he hasn't been eating for 4 days now. Any help or advice would be great.

 

[beth]

Sounds like a calamity of poor treatment choices!
Is the lionfish being treated in the main tank or in a separate treatment tank? And, what are the water conditions of the tank that the lion is in? If you are using a separate treatment tank, can you provide some info about it’s setup?
Hyposalinity is the treatment needed here, but before advising you on the “how to’s”, I’d like to know about the quality of the tank that the lion is in at this point.
There are many threads on the hyposalinity procedure on the BB.