Hypo Instead of Copper for Prophylactic QT

[litsoh]

I have a Diamond Goby in an observational QT tank with a molly. So far there are no signs of ich or velvet in the few days that it has been in the tank but I am considering doing treatment anyway to be fully sure that it is not bringing in anything to my DT. Would the Diamond be okay if I decide to run hypo instead of copper? Another option for me would be TTM with the 5 gallon buckets that I have, but it would be preferred if I could just run the hypo in the QT tank. Thanks!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Not all fish endure hypo well as but it is an effective method
TTM can be very stressful

 

[litsoh]

Not all fish endure hypo well as but it is an effective method
TTM can be very stressful

Do you think a Diamond Watchman would be able to tolerate hypo well?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Do you think a Diamond Watchman would be able to tolerate hypo well?

For me, its 50/50. I prefer chelated copper for this fish such as coppersafe

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I have a Diamond Goby in an observational QT tank with a molly. So far there are no signs of ich or velvet in the few days that it has been in the tank but I am considering doing treatment anyway to be fully sure that it is not bringing in anything to my DT. Would the Diamond be okay if I decide to run hypo instead of copper? Another option for me would be TTM with the 5 gallon buckets that I have, but it would be preferred if I could just run the hypo in the QT tank. Thanks!

Hypo works for ich and flukes, but not velvet. Copper works for ich and velvet, but not flukes.

TTM is problematic, it is only designed for controlling ich, it does nothing for flukes or velvet - I’d skip that.

 

[litsoh]

I have a Diamond Goby in an observational QT tank with a molly. So far there are no signs of ich or velvet in the few days that it has been in the tank but I am considering doing treatment anyway to be fully sure that it is not bringing in anything to my DT. Would the Diamond be okay if I decide to run hypo instead of copper? Another option for me would be TTM with the 5 gallon buckets that I have, but it would be preferred if I could just run the hypo in the QT tank. Thanks!

Hypo works for ich and flukes, but not velvet. Copper works for ich and velvet, but not flukes.

TTM is problematic, it is only designed for controlling ich, it does nothing for flukes or velvet - I’d skip that.

Would you be able to rule out velvet with a 14 day observation? It’s to my understanding that velvet acts so quickly that it would show itself on the fish within that time frame?

For flukes I have no issues with running prazi and have successfully done so before in both a QT and my DT. I was mainly worried about ich

 

[Ridgeback1]

I have run hyposalinity on a tank with two watchmen gobies and they both survived.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Would you be able to rule out velvet with a 14 day observation? It’s to my understanding that velvet acts so quickly that it would show itself on the fish within that time frame?

For flukes I have no issues with running prazi and have successfully done so before in both a QT and my DT. I was mainly worried about ich

No - I prefer not to rely on observation-only methods for disease screening. If I do use them, 45 days is standard. The word quarantine is derived from the Italian word for forty.

The trouble with hypo is that a lower salinity is actually favorable for both velvet (Amyloodinium) and Uronema. It’s rare, but not unheard of to lose fish to either of those diseases while running hypo.