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Monster00101
10/04/2010, 12:55 PM
I have a fowler with a niger trigger picasso and a dog face puffer. Pretty sure I have ich in there. Can i hypo the whole tank without doing any damage the the rock? Any help would be great thanks.
Monster00101
10/04/2010, 12:57 PM
also was wondering if seachem metroplex works?
pinnatus
10/04/2010, 01:30 PM
You could. But I would use copper. To me that is the great advantage of a FOWLR, bar none. Copper is the most effective way of curing ich, and if you have no inverts, why do it any other way?

Just my 2 cents...
Monkeyfish
10/04/2010, 01:34 PM
Eitehr treatment will kill off alot of life on te rock which could result in an ammonia spike. Having said that I did a 7 week hypo treatment on my 75g when it was a FOWLR and all of the fish were fine afterwards.
Monster00101
10/04/2010, 01:36 PM
wouldnt copper pretty much ruin the rock? What is the procedure for hypo in a fowler?
pinnatus
10/04/2010, 03:06 PM
wouldnt copper pretty much ruin the rock? What is the procedure for hypo in a fowler?

It will only "ruin" the rock for keeping inverts. Otherwise, it will be fine.
Monster00101
10/04/2010, 03:15 PM
It will only "ruin" the rock for keeping inverts. Otherwise, it will be fine.

So if i use copper what if later on i wanted to put the rock in a reef? would that be possible?
pinnatus
10/04/2010, 03:25 PM
So if i use copper what if later on i wanted to put the rock in a reef? would that be possible?

No, that I wouldn't do. It will always retain a little bit of copper.
Stuart60611
10/04/2010, 04:57 PM
No, that I wouldn't do. It will always retain a little bit of copper.


This is probably true, but it is not as negative to corals or inverts as you think. Many people have cupramined their rock and several months after removing the cupramine from their system with carbon, cuprisorb, and/or poyfilter were able house both inverts and corals without a problem. Yes, the rock will likely have some copper locked up in it. However, the locked up copper should not be released into your system at a certain point unless your PH falls so low that all of your fish and corals would die anyway. Moreover, if it really bothers you, you can later treat the rock with acid which will remove the copper locked up in the rock.
Monster00101
10/08/2010, 03:34 PM
I am soaking food with selcon garlic and metroplex. Hope all goes well i dont have room for another tank and they do seem to be improving.