Message for Beth

[orangespot]

Beth,
I have two fish in hypo right now...My coral beauty had severe ich but I was lucky to have caught him and now he is recovering in hypo for the last two weeks. My dilema is this. I have a damsel and two chromis in display tank with tons of inverts. Do I take the tank apart to get the three fish out and let the tank sit for a month or do I finish my hypo in another two weeks and hope all is well and place them back in the display. The three fish have been in the display since the ich epidemic and have shown no signs of the parasite. Thank you in advance for your advice.

 

[beth]

I think it is best to wait and see at this point. In the meantime, start doing some water changes on the display and hope that ich did not enter the water column or suvive to reproduction.
If you have not seen any ich on the other fish by the time that the other fish are ready to go back into the display, then go ahead and leave them. Howver, use a magnifying glass and give the fish that remain in the display a thorogh view to ensure that you do "catch" the ich, if it is there.

 

[orangespot]

Thank you for the advice....I will do some water changes through the week and will inspect the display tank fish. Thanks again

 

[beth]

If you have a magnifying glass, use it to inspect the fish. Ich has a way of going unnoticed except in rather severe cases.