Just wanted to give an update on my fish in qt. Just applied 2nd dosing of Prazipro. All fish are fat and healthy. It has not suppressed their appetite at all. I will be moving them to dt next weekend. More updates on that when it happens.
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All is going good with fish in qt. They have been in qt for 7 weeks. Dispaly tank has been running at 86 degrees for 6 weeks. I will be lowering the temp before adding the fish back tomorrow. Can i lower it all at once or do I need to do it over the course of the day?
I was running the display tank at 86 degrees. I read that the higher temp would get rid of ich quicker. The thread actually said it would do it in 2 weeks but since i was treating fish with copper and prazipro i went 6 weeks.I would lower it over a few hours, but it may take that long for the tank temperature to drop on its own.
What was the display tank going fallow for? Six weeks is a bit below the 45 day minimum for marine ich. You would be safer giving it another week.
Jay
I was running the display tank at 86 degrees. I read that the higher temp would get rid of ich quicker. The thread actually said it would do it in 2 weeks but since i was treating fish with copper and prazipro i went 6 weeks.
The 2 week fallow period was suggested because of the higher temp. There was a couple of studies done that suggest high temps will kill ich quicker.6 weeks at 80.6. 2 weeks at 86 or above. I ran my display tank at 86 degrees for 6 weeks. Feel pretty confident that this method will work.I'm not sure why anyone would advocated for a two week fallow period. Even 45 days is a bit dicey. It used to be "common knowledge" that 76 days was needed. The trouble is that number came from over extrapolation of an old paper on the subject. At 81 degrees, 45 days almost always works. Here is some discussion I started on that topic:
45 Day Fallow periods
I've been doing some research into the "76 day fallow period". I never heard of that prior to coming to Reef2Reef this past summer. I had always used 32 days as the maximum time for a tomont to remain viable under tropical conditions, and then I would round up to 45 days to help ensure that...www.reef2reef.com
Jay
There haven’t been any formal studies that I’ve seen. Two weeks is just too short. I used to burn ich out in 21 days at 86 back in the early 1980’s, but I stopped suggesting that since it is so rough on inverts. Running fallow also needs cover velvet and flukes, so 45 days absolute minimum to cover all bases.The 2 week fallow period was suggested because of the higher temp. There was a couple of studies done that suggest high temps will kill ich quicker.6 weeks at 80.6. 2 weeks at 86 or above. I ran my display tank at 86 degrees for 6 weeks. Feel pretty confident that this method will work.
Yeah I thought 2 weeks was a little short also. All of my inverts are doing fine after 6 weeks at 86. Dropped the fish in about an hour ago so we wil know if I was successfull with this process.There haven’t been any formal studies that I’ve seen. Two weeks is just too short. I used to burn ich out in 21 days at 86 back in the early 1980’s, but I stopped suggesting that since it is so rough on inverts. Running fallow also needs cover velvet and flukes, so 45 days absolute minimum to cover all bases.
Jay