How Low Can You Go? Hypo?

Fishfreak2009 · Feb 9, 2017

The title says it all. How low can you go? I currently have a bicolor angel in quarantine who has a mild case of ich. This has been going on over a month in a 40 gallon quarantine at a specific gravity of 1.008. As of tonight I dropped the specific gravity to 1.006. Is it safe to go lower than that if a month at 1.006 doesn't clear it up? I'm hesitant to use cupramine because even slowly ramping the dosage up, I've had pretty poor results when it comes to dwarf angels and cupramine.

melypr1985 · Feb 9, 2017

Fishfreak2009 said:
The title says it all. How low can you go? I currently have a bicolor angel in quarantine who has a mild case of ich. This has been going on over a month in a 40 gallon quarantine at a specific gravity of 1.008. As of tonight I dropped the specific gravity to 1.006. Is it safe to go lower than that if a month at 1.006 doesn't clear it up? I'm hesitant to use cupramine because even slowly ramping the dosage up, I've had pretty poor results when it comes to dwarf angels and cupramine.

If Hypo isn't getting the job done then you probably have a hypo resistant strain. Copper, CP or TTM are all very good alternatives to Hyposalinity. I wouldn't go any lower than you are now.

Kmsutows · Feb 9, 2017

1.009 for 4-6 wks is what I've read and never to go under 1.008. Are you sure it's ich? That should definitely kill it if it is. Are you using a refractometer?

Fishfreak2009 · Feb 9, 2017

Kmsutows said:
1.009 for 4-6 wks is what I've read and never to go under 1.008. Are you sure it's ich? That should definitely kill it if it is. Are you using a refractometer?

Definitely marine ich. I am using a properly calibrated refractometer to check Specific Gravity daily, and have confirmed specific gravity using the refractometer at work as well.

Humblefish · Feb 10, 2017

melypr1985 said:
If Hypo isn't getting the job done then you probably have a hypo resistant strain. Copper, CP or TTM are all very good alternatives to Hyposalinity. I wouldn't go any lower than you are now.

Kmsutows said:
1.009 for 4-6 wks is what I've read and never to go under 1.008. Are you sure it's ich? That should definitely kill it if it is. Are you using a refractometer?

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