Hydroplex and a cloudy tank

mikeandjenn99 · 01/20/2007, 01:04 PM

Just wondering if any of you have used Hydroplex to treat ick. If so, does it make your tank cloudy? I used it once before with some success in my QT, and if I remember right, it clouded a bit then. Anyway, I got a new fish yesterday, and after being in the QT for a couple of hours, I saw ich on his fins. I doesd hydroplex, and after a couple of hours, the tank looked like it had a fog rolling around in there. Now, it is a little worse, and the tank is very cloudy. Any ideas what is going on? All my parameters are fine. 0 ammonia, nitrite. Nitrate is ~2ppm. PH is 8.3/8.4. SG is 1.023.

bertoni · 01/20/2007, 03:25 PM

None of the ich medications are useful or even necessarily safe in a tank. I'd start some water changes, and set up a hospital tank for the fish. You might be seeing a bacterial bloom, which might cause oxygen problems, but is likely to go away on its own without further trouble.

mikeandjenn99 · 01/20/2007, 04:23 PM

This is in a hospital tank. The only thing in it besides the fish are a couple of pieces of pvc for hiding, filter, powerhead and a heater.

mikeandjenn99 · 01/20/2007, 04:23 PM

And this tank has been up and running for months now and has been crystal clear until now.

mikeandjenn99 · 01/21/2007, 08:40 AM

bump

bertoni · 01/21/2007, 04:04 PM

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-08/sp/index.php
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/20...ture/index.php

Those article discuss the treatment of marine ich. I'd start hyposalinity, personally.

Since I don't know what Hydroplex is, I can't really guess what's happening.

mikeandjenn99 · 01/22/2007, 06:25 AM

ok, thanks. I have a refractometer on the way to me, and I'll be doing hypo from now on. I just didn't this time because I only had a swing arm hydrometer and I knew I couldn't be accurate with that.

01/20/2007, 01:04 PM	#1
mikeandjenn99 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 437	Hydroplex and a cloudy tank Just wondering if any of you have used Hydroplex to treat ick. If so, does it make your tank cloudy? I used it once before with some success in my QT, and if I remember right, it clouded a bit then. Anyway, I got a new fish yesterday, and after being in the QT for a couple of hours, I saw ich on his fins. I doesd hydroplex, and after a couple of hours, the tank looked like it had a fog rolling around in there. Now, it is a little worse, and the tank is very cloudy. Any ideas what is going on? All my parameters are fine. 0 ammonia, nitrite. Nitrate is ~2ppm. PH is 8.3/8.4. SG is 1.023. __________________ Why are Tangs so special? Where are the Cleaner Wrasse police?? Current Tank Info: 55g mixed 12g nano

01/20/2007, 03:25 PM	#2
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	None of the ich medications are useful or even necessarily safe in a tank. I'd start some water changes, and set up a hospital tank for the fish. You might be seeing a bacterial bloom, which might cause oxygen problems, but is likely to go away on its own without further trouble. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

01/20/2007, 04:23 PM	#3
mikeandjenn99 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 437	This is in a hospital tank. The only thing in it besides the fish are a couple of pieces of pvc for hiding, filter, powerhead and a heater. __________________ Why are Tangs so special? Where are the Cleaner Wrasse police?? Current Tank Info: 55g mixed 12g nano

01/20/2007, 04:23 PM	#4
mikeandjenn99 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 437	And this tank has been up and running for months now and has been crystal clear until now. __________________ Why are Tangs so special? Where are the Cleaner Wrasse police?? Current Tank Info: 55g mixed 12g nano

01/21/2007, 08:40 AM	#5
mikeandjenn99 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 437	bump __________________ Why are Tangs so special? Where are the Cleaner Wrasse police?? Current Tank Info: 55g mixed 12g nano

01/21/2007, 04:04 PM	#6
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-08/sp/index.php http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/20...ture/index.php Those article discuss the treatment of marine ich. I'd start hyposalinity, personally. Since I don't know what Hydroplex is, I can't really guess what's happening. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

01/22/2007, 06:25 AM	#7
mikeandjenn99 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 437	ok, thanks. I have a refractometer on the way to me, and I'll be doing hypo from now on. I just didn't this time because I only had a swing arm hydrometer and I knew I couldn't be accurate with that. __________________ Why are Tangs so special? Where are the Cleaner Wrasse police?? Current Tank Info: 55g mixed 12g nano