Throughout the thread you mention your Hippo, but just to make sure, you did move the group of anthias and ALL other fish into the QT for treatment didn't you? Just checking...
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Two problems:
- You need to treat with copper for 4 weeks and then observe afterwards to ensure symptoms of ich do not return.
- You should go fallow (fishless) in the DT for 76 days to starve ich out of there.
IMO you should keep the same thing going for at least 72 days... I know you miss her being in the display as well as the other fish but I am speaking from experience... Better safe than sorry...
Throughout the thread you mention your Hippo, but just to make sure, you did move the group of anthias and ALL other fish into the QT for treatment didn't you? Just checking...
The petco sale ended so I'll grab a setup off Craigslist I think. Question regarding the Mandarin goby. Won't any copepods die in the copper HT? How can I feed him for 76 days?
Throughout the thread you mention your Hippo, but just to make sure, you did move the group of anthias and ALL other fish into the QT for treatment didn't you? Just checking...
No I only moved the Hippo. The LFS I got the copper and medicated food from said get her out and monitor the others. At this point, it seems all that did was fix the immediate problem to save her and buy me time to figure out how to treat all the tank inhabitants.
Don't put her back until you have removed all the other fish and the tank has been fishless for 76 days. She will just get reinfected if she goes in before this is done.
One of you said they don't respond well to Cupramine.
That's the mandarin goby. You won't want to put her through copper. TTM, CP or Hypo is better for her.
Ok thanks. Just the Mandarin then. I'll setup the 10 gallon for her and see if I can find CP treatment. Where do you get it at the LFS? I couldn't see much online at the normal outlets.
You'll have to find a vet to prescribe it to you and have it filled at a pharmacy. There is an online pharmacy that has been vetted and has good prices as well. If you get the scrip then fill it at http://www.diamondbackdrugs.com/
I wouldn't and the reason is purity. Diamondback has pure, medical grade CP which makes it easier to know exactly how much base you are getting with it, which then makes it easier to know you have the therapuetic dose in the QT. Others are mostly sourced from China where the purity is suspect at best.Would you trust?
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Also, would it be better to treat all the fish with CP so I don't have to setup 2 HT's?
I wouldn't and the reason is purity. Diamondback has pure, medical grade CP which makes it easier to know exactly how much base you are getting with it, which then makes it easier to know you have the therapuetic dose in the QT. Others are mostly sourced from China where the purity is suspect at best.
Gotcha. So if I can score some CP can I do all the fish... clowns, blue hippo, yellow tang, firefish, Mandarin and Lyretail Anthias?
Perhaps hyposalinity is the better option then. What is the target salinity reading for that treatment?