I think there are a lot that will qt for 2 months, me included. Better to be safe than sorry!1.0085 is a touch too low and it must be exact. Did you drop it gradually over a week?
My experience with hypo is that it disrupts the parasite reproduction cycle and eliminates the parasite for good. But only if:
My experiments have satisfied me that this will work 95%+ of the time and rid you of crypto permanently however with the introduction of every new fish, you risk reinfection unless they too are quarantined for at least 60 days, crypto free. In truth I don't know anybody prepared to QT a new fish for 60 days, we all want it in our DT :)
- A hypo period of 60 (min) days is maintained at accurate levels.
- The DT is also left totally fish free for at least 60 days.
As the salinity was dropping I was regularly taking out water to keep the volume reasonable, and this helped keep the ammonia in check.... Ill be following this thread. How do you go with ammonia? Daily water changes?...
Ahh very good point that I too had not considered.it must also be remembered that with the intorduction of Natural sea-water, there si also the risk of introducing parasites. This is often overlooked!
I figured I'd try as it can't hurt. A sample size of one isn't really significant, but from my experience the pre seeding has no benefit. Over two days the ammonia levels rose alarmingly but two large water changes in that time brought it down. Blue tang was looking a bit iffy yesterday, but improved now. All others good.Yeah I wasn't sure about the pre seeded filter. I thought the bacteria died off at hypo salinity.
Agreed, my mimic and scopas tangs going through it right now. Still feisty eaters on all the good pellets and frozen stuff. Fat, healthy and fine. No need to panic. Just keep on top of water parameters quality and quality foods so they have the health and strength to get through it.looks like ich. I find that my Blue tank has occasional bouts of ich (dispite no new livestock entering the tank). My fish seems to cope very well to the point of ambivelance, even when completley covered. Important thing is to give the fish a healthy diet and keep the water qualty high. Dispit the bouts ot ich, my tang has remained healthy and growth relatively large whist I have had it.