Originally Posted by hartman413
i have 15 pounds of live rock about 20 hermits and 2 emeralds. my LR is doing great but i dont have another tank to perform a hypo. my buddy who has been caring for a salt tank forever said to give them a quick dip in fresh water no more than 2 min and then add this herbal rid ich he said would work with out killing my inverts and my LR he also suggested raising my temp to 80 F. any ideas if this is the way to go??? btw i have a cascade 200 it is only a 20 gallon tank
FW dips do nothing for ich. At this point a FW dip will probably do nothing but stress the fish more. I keep my tank at 81 all the time, and I've had ich before so I don't think raising the temp gets rid of it. IDK what herbal med you're referring to but generally they are useless. Can you get a 10 gallon, cheap heater, PH and set up a QT? If you can, get a sponge (like you would put in your filter) and put it in your main tank for a few days too get populated with good bacteria. Then put the sponge in your QT to help avoid the cycle.
As Jen said, I would NEVER do hypo in my main tank.
