Originally Posted by eric36
I have ls, lr, 10 hemits,3 emerald crabs,2 cleaner shrimp, 2 clown fish, 1 blue hippo tang. I bought rid*ich and was thinking about doing the hypo
Do NOT add rid ich into your display with your inverts in there. They will all be killed by it. Rid Ich, while a product I use myself, is not safe for inverts. It contains Malechite Green and Formalin. I would dump the water in the qt and add water from your display. Take the piece of lr out of there as well. Ich has already been introduced into the display. I see 2 options for removing it. Hypo the display, or move your fish and treat them and let your display run fishless for 6 weeks. If there were no LS I would say move the inverts, but you don't want to disrupt the sand and that would be a real mess to move. You will have to use the qt for the fish and let you display run fishless. Keep on top of ammonia levels. In 6 weeks you may or may not even see a nitrite spike. You can take an aquarium sponge and let it sit in your display for a few days to gather some bacteria and then place it into the qt. It is a little difficult with an uncycled qt. Your are going to have to monitor closely and do alot of water changes.
