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Brooklynella treatment
Pretty sure my clowns have brook. Any success with hyposalinity? How did you do it. Thanks.- bernaladriana
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- brooklynella clownfish hyposalinity
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Brook or ich?
My clownfish has been showing symptoms for about 10 days now. Initially, I suspected it might be ich, as I know it can sometimes be present without visible signs. This clownfish has always been the only livestock in the tank, which also houses a mangrove and some macroalgae. I’ve had him for 6–9...- persvensson
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- brook brooklynella hypo hypo salinity hyposalinity
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hyposalinity treatment
Hey everyone! I’m starting hyposalinity treatment for ich tomorrow and have been gradually adding RO water to the tank over the past 24 hours. I’ll reach a salinity level of 1.009 within the next 24 hours. I’m treating my display tank because it’s a mangrove setup with no other animals aside...- persvensson
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- clown fish fishonly hypo hypo salinity hyposalinity ich management ich tang ich treatment
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HYPO????
I can’t quarantine my clownfish and currently have a 15-gallon reef tank with ich. The tank includes: 1. A clownfish 2. Some macroalgae 3. A mangrove tree 4. Live rock and sand I understand the macroalgae may not survive, but I’m confident the mangrove should be...- persvensson
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- hypo hypo salinity hyposalinity ich
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- Forum: Fish Disease Treatment and Diagnosis
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Shrimp Fell Into Tap Water
Hi all, I was at my LFS and finally found a shrimp I've wanted for a while. Anton Bruuni shrimp. The owner nearby asked an inexperienced employee to bag it for me, and the shrimp unfortunately dropped into a small tub in the sink, the water of which was then also dumped into the small bag. I...- eggplantparrot
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- hypo hyposalinity shrimp
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Striated Anglerfish bloated during hyposalinity
I recently started hyposalinity for my striated anglerfish because he came down with what appeared to be ich. Lots of small white dots that changed location overnight and grew in population over a few days, they were even on his ”hair”. He seems to be fine with the lower salinity but last night...- johnf3
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- bloated emergency frogfish hyposalinity striated anglerfish
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- Forum: Predatory Fish Discussion
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Quite sure my tank has flukes. How to treat?
Im 95% sure my fishes have gill flukes. Started with a new fish added. Head twitching, swimming into wavemaker, scratching side of head/gills on rock. So i started hypo @1.009 like 5 days days ago. I did see some change. Fish were scratching less. Fw dipped my scopas(culprit), foxface and coral...- Jonathan lee
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- fish flukes gill flukes hyposalinity prazipro
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- Forum: Fish Disease Treatment and Diagnosis
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Hyposalinity for seahorses
The LFS in Italy apparently don't believe in keeping captive bred fish and wild caught fish in separate systems. So, if I get seahorses, I'm gonna have to quarantine them. Seahorse expert Pete Giwojna claims hyposalinity at 1.010 - 1.012 SG (13.3 - 16 ppt) is a good treatment for seahorses...- Muffin87
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- hyposalinity quarantine quarantine tank seahorses
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Spots on gem tang (ich?)
Hi everyone, I have several fish in quarantine right now and one of them is this gem tang. He is currently in a 55 gallon hypo-salinity tank with a blue jaw trigger, melanarus wrasse, leopard wrasse, and a pair of long fin clowns. They were in my 265 gallon along when I someone managed to get...- jsmcnguyen
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- fallow flukes gemtang hyposalinity ich quarantine tang treatment trigger wrasses
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Ich in main display with eels :( what to do?
So I have ich, well my tank does, here’s what’s in it: Juvenile orange shoulder tang (newest addition that was bought pre-quarantined on Black Friday) 3” Kleins butterfly 4” Pearl scale butterfly 4” Flagfin angel 3” three 1/2” blue green chromis Zebra eel about 18” Banana eel about 12”...- Kyuubi
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- hyposalinity ich ich outbreak ich with eels treating ich
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- Forum: Fish Disease Treatment and Diagnosis
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Bump on Powder Blue Tang
My Powder Blue Tang developed a bump two days ago that is not like when it had ich back in April. This bump is much bigger in width and height. Additionally, it is the only bump / blemish on the fish. I ran hypo salinity at 1.009 since May. No other fish are scratching. I know my PBT is a good...- kboogie
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- hyposalinity ich parasite id pbt tang
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- Forum: Fish Disease Treatment and Diagnosis
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Hypo-Salinity in Display Tank
Hi Everyone! I’ve decided to hop on here and start a thread based on my on going experience with hypo salinity in an establish aquarium. I have a Red Sea 900 with a decent amount of livestock in it. Currently in it is an XL clown Tang, XL Powder Blue, L Gold Rim Tang, M desjardini, M Hippo...- Neo Baldovino
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- #fishdisease hyposalinity ich ich management ich outbreak ich treatment ich vs coral ich while on vacation quaratine
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Hyposalinity
Hyposalinity Jay Hemdal 2024 This term refers to a long-term bath treatment for marine fishes in which the salt content of the water is lowered and held below the point that certain parasites can survive. The salt level reached, and the time of the treatment are the two variables...- Jay Hemdal
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- hyposalinity
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identification and treatment for monogenean oncomiracidium fluke on Paracanthurus tang
I would greatly appreciate your advice regarding the identification of and treatment for a "fluke" that has recently infested my tank and Paracanthurus tang. I have a marine aquarium that is heavily infested with some form of monogeneans. One fish exhibits overt disease ("blue tang"...- Peter Houde
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- blue tang flukes hyposalinity praziquantel
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EMERGENCY Bloated Longnose Butterflyfish
Hi all, very long time reader-first time poster on this new account since I haven’t a clue what i used as a login years ago. Hopefully some of the legends such as @Humblefish may chime in on this one. Purchased a longnose butterfly a month ago from a not so great LFS via a deal I couldn’t pass...- SuperReefer94
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- bloating butterfly fish focus hyposalinity ich neoplex parisitic
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Hypo-salinity (1.009) with a horn shark. Bad or Okay?
Hey I need to do hypo-salinity on the FOWLR and I wanted to know if my Horn Shark would be able to handle the lower salinity 1.009 for about a week. Some articles say it would be okay but some articles say it won't work for them based of there osmotic pressure inside and how they defuse the...- FL Gator
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- hyposalinity salinity shark
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- Forum: Fish Discussion
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Seahorse Advice
I have a pair of seahorse that have been doing really well in my tank swimming around and doing fine. They’ve been nipping at the live rock for copepods. But recently I started noticing that one of them will curl its tail up and seemingly scratch or pick at his head. I also watched him rub his...- ericguzman49
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- hyposalinity ich ich treatment medication parasite seahorse seahorse care
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- Forum: Seahorse/Pipefish
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how to setup QT tank for fast work on Hyposalinty
hey guys, im trying to do hyposalinty to cure my tang and other fish from Ich, the tang isnt doing very well so need to be quick about this.. so my general idea is to buy a 20g tank, sponge filter, mini 50gph pump to move the water alittle, and heater... now i was thinking of taking out 5g of...- nightmarepl
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- advice hyposalinity qt setup quarantine
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- Forum: Fish Disease Treatment and Diagnosis
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salinity scanning device advice needed
hey guys, so im planning of setting up a QT tank and trying the Hypo salinity method of killing ich supposedly its the easiest yet the safest way without using copper.... well i have a refactometer that i purchased from petco a year ago and ive been using it to measure my salinity in my current...- nightmarepl
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- hyposalinity salinity tester
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- Forum: Reef Aquarium Discussion
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Identifying Osmotic Shock vs Disease
A month ago, i bought two clowns and put them in QT. The next day, one clown started head twitching. Its condition was same and it died a week later after i decided to dip him in paraguard. The other clown is fine and has graduated to the DT. Today i visited the LFS i bought from and I asked...- kesh
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- hyposalinity osmotic shock symptoms
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Benefits of Hyposalinity on Fish
I recently did an article about using hyposalinity to cure marine ich and how strains were found to survive salinity levels low enough to kill fish. You can read about the topic here: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/hyposalinity-for-treating-cryptocaryon-irritans-marine-ich.313163/...- aykwm
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- benefits hyposalinity
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Hyposalinity for treating Cryptocaryon Irritans (Marine Ich)
This is my first article on this forum so I hope you enjoy it and benefit from it. One of the most common diseases in saltwater that we usually face is Cryptocaryon Irritans or commonly known as Marine Ich. There are few treatments that pop to mind, Copper, Chloroquine phosphate (CP), Tank...- aykwm
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- cryptocaryon hyposalinity ich treatment
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- Forum: Fish Disease Treatment and Diagnosis
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Hyposalinity on display tank
So I'm about to start hyposalinity on my 225 gallon display tank to treat ich. I would do a hospital tank but I got about 15 fish which include emperor, yellow tang, porcupine puffer, foxface, dwarf angels, gobies and damsels. So I'm wondering what I should be expecting, is the ammonia or...- Colten
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- angels hyposalinity ich tangs treatment
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Velvet Transfer Method
Velvet Transfer Method - Updated 02/2021 Quarantine Goal The best way to avoid having disease in your main display is to have a proactive and comprehensive quarantine system from the start, as professional aquarist have learned from experience. This article is to encourage all marine aquarist...- Alexpora Corals
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Velvet Transfer Method
Velvet Transfer Method - Updated 10/2020 Quarantine Goal The best way to avoid having disease in your main display is to have a proactive and comprehensive quarantine system from the start, as professional aquarist have learned from experience. This article is to encourage all marine...- Alexpora Corals
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- amyloodinium cryptocaryon flukes hyposalinity ich quarantine tank transfer method transfer method uronema
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