Hi Jay, Curious does Hyposalinity kill Aiptasia and other LR pest?
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Hi Jay, Curious does Hyposalinity kill Aiptasia and other LR pest?
First day of hypo at 1.009.
Thanks. Fish look good. However few things I noticed I wouldn't want to repeat.Now is the tricky part - you don't want to drop to 1.008, and if you go above 1.010, the process won't work as well. Kind of like walking on the edge of a razor. The fish all look o.k. though?
Jay
Good to know bc I am already running pretty wet. Fish seem good but slightly not as activeRun your skimmer wet, didn’t read this on your posts but I think it’s very important to run it wet to help combat ammonia spikes during hypo. I experienced a spike during my hypo treatment in my display tank, but upon reviewing my notes I’m pretty sure it was due to the only fish I lost from ich. Never found a body. Take a look at my post there’s a good chunk of information and a full detailed experience.
I would say get a new ammonia alert given that you’re working in a display. Don’t mix tools from QT to Display.Could I use my ammonia alert that I used on my fish qt on my display, if I sanitize with vinegar?
Thanks for your advice, I may give Microbacter a try. Though I doubt i will have any ammonia spike since my tank is only 3 months old with nothing really to kill on the rock. my nitrates where very high to begin with and biological filter is pretty robust given my nitrates are 55PPM. I removed most of the 100Lb of old LR from the sump - which was the cause of most of the nutrients being very high before adding fish.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.