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12/25/2007, 07:24 PM
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Sure.
When I add fish to my QT I leave the tank half empty. Over the next couple of days I drop the salinity by adding fresh water until I reach 1.09. When I reach the desired salinity I use a marker to mark the edge of the tank so I know the exact level to top off with fresh water. While in hypo I treat with Prazi Pro. I use this since it is stable in fresh and saltwater. I try to keep the fish in hypo for at least three weeks. By this time you should be able to tell if ich is present. Hypo only kills ich. The other benefits are increased O2 content and slowed metabolism which will help promote eating and purging of toxins from stress of shipping and collection. I raise the salinity slowly over a period of a week. It could probably be done faster but this has worked for me. Since I left plenty of room in the tank to add water I add full strength water. After about four weeks the fish have been put through everything they need for a good parasite free start in the tank. By this time they are almost always eating everything I will usually feed my display. If they aren't eating what I normally feed they stay in the QT until they are. Filtration consists of a air driven sponge filter. A maxi jet provides some flow and I use sections of PVC with suction cups glued to the bottom to provide the fish with cover. Since I feed heavy I do water changes usually every other day using water that has a matching temp, Ph and salinity. I think that about covers it. Carl |
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01/11/2008, 04:19 PM
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It will kill them. If your pretty positive they are infected I would go through the effort of getting some adult brine and gut load them with the Prazi and feed the anthias the brine for a week while also doing the bath treatment for two cycles.
Carl |
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