afm32607
04/16/2016, 07:38 PM
Have a black tang in hypo that has ich again. I've had him in hypo ich free for about two weeks. Went on vacation and when I came back salinity was about 1.011-1.012. I have fixed that in the past two weeks. But ich has returned and is persisting. Not a significant infection maybe a half dozen individual spots that are not going away.
30 gal tank
Temp 81f
Sg 1.009
Ammo 0
Nitrates 5 ppm salifert
No sand
No live rock
Biological filter is the puramedia bio balls and use Eheim bio filter
Puramedia (?) filter pads with carbon floss and GFO - changed every three days
30-50% water change every 2-4 days (size changes with frequency)
What do I do next?
Did the increase in salinity allow the infection to return?
If I toss the bio balls, if the parasite can live there in hypo, do I destroy the filter?
Do I just wait longer? Does that happen until the ich all actually dies?
Should I use copper or give a formalin dip? Would both require me to normalize the salinity again?
30 gal tank
Temp 81f
Sg 1.009
Ammo 0
Nitrates 5 ppm salifert
No sand
No live rock
Biological filter is the puramedia bio balls and use Eheim bio filter
Puramedia (?) filter pads with carbon floss and GFO - changed every three days
30-50% water change every 2-4 days (size changes with frequency)
What do I do next?
Did the increase in salinity allow the infection to return?
If I toss the bio balls, if the parasite can live there in hypo, do I destroy the filter?
Do I just wait longer? Does that happen until the ich all actually dies?
Should I use copper or give a formalin dip? Would both require me to normalize the salinity again?