ich after hypo?????

ajolie30 · 05/20/2009, 01:41 AM

just a question I read somewhere that people have gottin ich again after hypo when they raised the salinity so what now??? I have a yellow tang that may be a single spot on it not quite sure yet... so what do you do should I now treat with para guard and wait it out another couple of weeks????

ajolie30 · 05/20/2009, 04:49 AM

Bump

Sisterlimonpot · 05/26/2009, 05:47 PM

Is it in a QT tank? Try treating with copper. it seems that hyposalinity is hit or miss. Some swear by it and others had the same experience you had.

stricknine · 05/26/2009, 06:52 PM

Cant believe everything you read. Who knows if the hypo was done well? Measuring salinity with a bogus hydrometer? I have had success with cupramine for treatment, but with maybe 1 spot on maybe 1 fish, I wouldnt jump to treatment just yet. If it is ich, it means you have ich in your tank, and dont bother treating the fish until it is an apparent problem.

I qt all fish in cupramine for 4 weeks prior to adding in the DT, and dip all corals prior. (sounds like that has been disputed lately though)

Just my thought anyways.

rkelman · 05/26/2009, 07:04 PM

I wouldn't treat with only 1 spot. It could be just a mark. I've done Hypo without success so I always use copper. (I was using a calibrated refractometer not a hydrometer) I know other experienced reefers that have had the same issue. Some swear by it though.

05/20/2009, 01:41 AM	#1
ajolie30 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: ct Posts: 300	ich after hypo????? just a question I read somewhere that people have gottin ich again after hypo when they raised the salinity so what now??? I have a yellow tang that may be a single spot on it not quite sure yet... so what do you do should I now treat with para guard and wait it out another couple of weeks????

05/26/2009, 05:47 PM	#3
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05/26/2009, 06:52 PM	#4
stricknine Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Up North Posts: 989	Cant believe everything you read. Who knows if the hypo was done well? Measuring salinity with a bogus hydrometer? I have had success with cupramine for treatment, but with maybe 1 spot on maybe 1 fish, I wouldnt jump to treatment just yet. If it is ich, it means you have ich in your tank, and dont bother treating the fish until it is an apparent problem. I qt all fish in cupramine for 4 weeks prior to adding in the DT, and dip all corals prior. (sounds like that has been disputed lately though) Just my thought anyways.

05/26/2009, 07:04 PM	#5
rkelman Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Belleville, Ontario Canada Posts: 3,438	I wouldn't treat with only 1 spot. It could be just a mark. I've done Hypo without success so I always use copper. (I was using a calibrated refractometer not a hydrometer) I know other experienced reefers that have had the same issue. Some swear by it though.