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My questions. After treating for 30 days with CP in the cycled QT does it then need to remain fallow for 6 weeks before use again? The other question, has anyone every tried hydroxychloroquine? It is commonly used to treat Lupus/autoimmine diseases and all pharmacies carry it. Lastly, what we can usually get here is CP tablets 500mg and 250 mg equivalent to 300mg and 150 mg respectively of . Would 4 tablets be appropriate for my 29 gallon QT?
I don't mind crushing the tablets as I can write a prescription for them my self with no questions asked. I hate I got caught with my pants down. I haven't seen velvet since the first year I started in the hobby 5 years ago, should have had copper on hand! I will, as soon as my order gets here. I sure wish wrasse did ok with CP.
Fishless is mainly for reef tanks, if you do that with corals, all corals will die.Im a newbie in this hobby, but I ll add another thought to this debate :
The ich parasite doesn't live for 30 days on the fish, I can't remember the exact number, but I thought most fall off after 3 days with exceptions being there for 7?
If you have a small tank, wouldn't it be a lot easier to treat for a week +1 day with copper, transfer the fish to a new, uninfested tank, or even a small bucket. Drain your hospital tank, fill it with 75 degree ( celcius) water to make sure everything is dead, then put your fish back in with a cured piece of LR that you can trust?( Or a piece of dead rock and something like ATM colony)?
Just a thought
Sorry, I meant :treat in a hospital tank and then boil the hospital tank etcFishless is mainly for reef tanks, if you do that with corals, all corals will die.
Corals are "the problem" in your idea, if not corals are present, then you have a lot of alternatives to erradicate ich.
You mean, treat the fish with cooper and after treatment take the fish out to another clean tank? Sure will work if you did the treatment right and the fish have no ich any longer.Sorry, I meant :treat in a hospital tank and then boil the hospital tank etc
Just a method of quicker removing the fish from the copper water and giving them some bacteria to avoid a lot of water changes?
I like to treat with copper for 14 to 18 days and then move the fish to a clean tank. You don't need boiling water. Once the fish are out I dump a little bleach in it and let the filters run for a few hours then drain the tank and let it dry for a few days. Easy and effective.Sorry, I meant :treat in a hospital tank and then boil the hospital tank etc
Just a method of quicker removing the fish from the copper water and giving them some bacteria to avoid a lot of water changes?
I like to treat with copper for 14 to 18 days and then move the fish to a clean tank. You don't need boiling water. Once the fish are out I dump a little bleach in it and let the filters run for a few hours then drain the tank and let it dry for a few days. Easy and effective.
I Have been going fallow in my DT for 20days. This is green stuff starting to grow on a rock and something different is growing on the plate coral. What are they and how to take care of them?
Phosphate 0.0, Alkalinity 9.1, SG 1.025, ph 8.2, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 3-5, Ammonia 0, Calcium 420, Mg 1560.
How do I get it to that forum?
So what are the odds of even having the Tomont that lasts 72 days then??
Probably very slim. There is also the possibility that low water temp was to blame for the 72 day variant: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/marine-ich-and-temperature.232825/
Or the fact that the study was done using a sterile flask (no bacteria): https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/marine-ich-and-temperature.232825/page-2#post-3367199
However, I've seen enough "shortened fallow failures" to make me wonder, so I continue to advocate a 76 day fallow period because those seem to have the highest success rate.