Achilles has alot of spots, Hippo has few. No other fish I can see any spots. I think having the achilles will help me confirm without any doubt that hypo is working or not.
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Thanks for chiming in. Curious as I was planning on just running hypo for 30 days then bringing it back up. However after reading more it seems 30 day clock starts after spots are not seen on fish. I am currently on day 3 and have fish with spots so thinking I have to start the clock after parasites go to there next phase (which I don't have memorized but the fall of and reproduce phase)I have done hypo twice in my current display tank. I removed inverts, macroalgae and corals. I scrubbed my rocks to minimize die off of algae and sponges and I siphoned my shallow sand bed well. Both times I dropped the salinity over 4 days and dosed Microbacter 7 (not sure if it made much difference but I never had any detectable ammonia. I did hypo for 4 weeks each time. The first time I did hypo I don't think I held the tank steady enough at 1.009 because ich came back a month after salinity was back at 1.025. So I started over and was much more careful about salinity. Again, no ammonia. It's been a year since I did hypo and no signs of ich at all.
The only annoying part was keeping my corals and inverts in a QT tank for 3 months but it was worth it.
- I still got a few new spots on my Achilles and hippo. Maybe they where already at the Trophont phase since its technically 9 days in. All other fish are spot free. yesterday did see achilles, and orange shoulder scratching but not constantly.
-Ich is still active in the water but I can tell its losing its strength.
- Fish are very healthy and active. Aggression between tangs is there but its more so with the yellow tangs and purple tangs. Occasional jawing between achilles/hippo and Orange shoulder and the other tank mates.
- Salinity has been stable at 1.008.
- 2 days ago turned of UV. I want to see if the Hypo is working and not just giving false hope.
- From my experience thus far the Hypo is only working on killing the Tomont phase.
Be very careful - 1.008 is very low. I see some side effects even at 1.009 in some species like Anthias. be sure your measuring device is spot on....you don't want to be testing 1.008 only to have it be at 1.007
Thanks, I am 100% sure I am under 1.009 and maybe slightly over 1.008. It is difficult for me to be 100% sure on 1.009 since the blue line covers this section so my reference point is seeing the blue line under the 1.009. I dont see any issues with the tangs health but maybe my 2 clownfish are less active and could be as you mentioned that smaller fish are effected more than larger.Hypo only kills the tomite/theront stage. The trophonts on the fish and the tomonts in the gravel are pretty much unscathed by it.
@Ashish Patel Sorry to be so late chiming in. I certainly don't have the expertise of Jay and I too rely on his expert advice. I do have experience going Hypo in a big (215-gal) tank loaded with Tangs (and Ich).
Not wishing any gloom and doom on you, but IMO you must be prepared for possibly dealing with residual Ich well into the 30+ day mark and having to reset the counter. In my case it seemed as though the Tangs were passing parasites to each other during feeding. Because one fish would show spots, then a few days later another, etc. It kept repeating. I finally had to resort to Formalin to eradicate the Ich from the system, but Hypo conditions vastly improved their chances of survival. I did a final run of 35-days Hypo (1.009) before raising it over a 7-day period to 1.025. Only lost 1 of 16 fish in the process.
Can't say whether or not I'd do it over again or buy a bunch of 20s at Petco and do Tank Transfer while rebooting the main display. Either method is a lot of work.
did you dose the formalin directly to the tank? What was you method? Did you think about H2O2 dosing?@Ashish Patel … I finally had to resort to Formalin to eradicate the Ich from the system, but Hypo conditions vastly improved their chances of survival. I did a final run of 35-days Hypo (1.009) before raising it over a 7-day period to 1.025. Only lost 1 of 16 fish in the process.
Because UV just gives us the false sense of accomplishment and I want to be sure Hypo is actually working. I just have to be patient and let it run its course. day 17 i thinkWhy stop the UV? Shouldn’t you kick the ich while it’s down.
I just started hypo on my 300gal DT today. I’m gonna follow this thread closely!