What happens after hyposalinity treatment?

cmkeen0113 · Jan 14, 2021

I have a QT in hyposaline conditions (1.012 SG) to eradicate a Neobenedenia fluke infestation that started after buying fish from an LFS. Right now, I only have a Royal Gramma in the tank. I plan on leaving it hyposaline for 35 days per the recommendation from Jay Hemdal. After 35 days, I will slowly (5-7 days) raise the the salinity back to normal. My question is, after completing the hypo treatment, will I need to restart Copper Power treatment for ich, velvet, etc? Or will the 35 days of hyposaline kill off all parasites?

Jay Hemdal · Jan 14, 2021

cmkeen0113 said:
I have a QT in hyposaline conditions (1.012 SG) to eradicate a Neobenedenia fluke infestation that started after buying fish from an LFS. Right now, I only have a Royal Gramma in the tank. I plan on leaving it hyposaline for 35 days per the recommendation from Jay Hemdal. After 35 days, I will slowly (5-7 days) raise the the salinity back to normal. My question is, after completing the hypo treatment, will I need to restart Copper Power treatment for ich, velvet, etc? Or will the 35 days of hyposaline kill off all parasites?

In my opinion, 35 days of hypo is considered a full quarantine period for Neo and ich.

Jay

cmkeen0113 · Jan 14, 2021

Thanks. I was hoping you would say that. I really appreciate all the advice you have provided.

cmkeen0113 · Feb 22, 2021

I followed Jay's advice and put my QT into hyposaline conditions for 35 days to rid the tank and my Royal Gramma of flukes. It seems to have worked. Thanks to Jay Hemdal! The hardest part of the process was slowly returning the tank to saline conditions. Even though I took 7 days to go from 1.010 to 1.023 salinity, there were a couple of times when the gramma was swimming erratically and I thought he would die. He also lost his appetite towards the end of the 35 days. He is now in my DT and doing well. The only problem is he is being bullied by my female clownfish and has to hide in a rock crevice all day. Hopefully she will get bored soon and leave him alone.

Jay Hemdal · Feb 22, 2021

cmkeen0113 said:
I followed Jay's advice and put my QT into hyposaline conditions for 35 days to rid the tank and my Royal Gramma of flukes. It seems to have worked. Thanks to Jay Hemdal! The hardest part of the process was slowly returning the tank to saline conditions. Even though I took 7 days to go from 1.010 to 1.023 salinity, there were a couple of times when the gramma was swimming erratically and I thought he would die. He also lost his appetite towards the end of the 35 days. He is now in my DT and doing well. The only problem is he is being bullied by my female clownfish and has to hide in a rock crevice all day. Hopefully she will get bored soon and leave him alone.

Good to hear. Perhaps I'll revise my timeline for returning fish from hypo, I usually tell folks 5 to 7 days, maybe I'll just play it safe and say 7.

Jay