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Mburke · 08-13-2007, 06:18 AM

Stefani
No completely get rid of ick in your display tank it must remain fishless(totally) for 4-6 weeks. When I finally listened to to pros this cured my tanks of ick over 2 years now with no signs.
I used a small29 gallon tank for quarantine with cuppramine added toit with the necessary dosage for 7-10 days. AT the same time due to all the water changes to keep parameters in check I gradually lowered the salinity in the QT tank to 1.009(use a refractometer) Then left the QT tank at this level for 4 more weeks. Display tank temp was brought up to 86 degrees(speeds up the ick cycle. Then I rasied the QT tank back to 1.024 over another week tootaling just over 6 weeks all fish are doing wonderful and I even threw two green chromis in the qT tank just to keep it cycled and ready for that next purchase.
Mike

08-13-2007, 06:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
Mburke Plankton Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 15 Karma: 3	Ick Stefani No completely get rid of ick in your display tank it must remain fishless(totally) for 4-6 weeks. When I finally listened to to pros this cured my tanks of ick over 2 years now with no signs. I used a small29 gallon tank for quarantine with cuppramine added toit with the necessary dosage for 7-10 days. AT the same time due to all the water changes to keep parameters in check I gradually lowered the salinity in the QT tank to 1.009(use a refractometer) Then left the QT tank at this level for 4 more weeks. Display tank temp was brought up to 86 degrees(speeds up the ick cycle. Then I rasied the QT tank back to 1.024 over another week tootaling just over 6 weeks all fish are doing wonderful and I even threw two green chromis in the qT tank just to keep it cycled and ready for that next purchase. Mike