Hypo or Copper?

[sleevasteve]

What works better in a qt for ich? Can you do both?

[SCR]

I vote for Hypo. and yes I did use both.

[Paul B]

Copper is the best, fastest treatment for ich. It is guaranteed to work in a couple of days if done correctly. Most of the fish you buy are in water with copper.
Paul

[wayne in norway]

Copper is more reliable, but hypo is pretty good, and gentler on sensitive species. Use both myself.

[Paul B]

Wayne you are correct but he asked what works better.

[Amphiprion]

Hyposalinity probably has less long term health implications if done for the usual prescribed amount of time.

[sleevasteve]

Ok thanks for the input, I think I'll go with both, what do you suggest to get the salinity reading down to, and over how many days to progress to it?

[MrSpiffy]

You only want to use one at a time, not both together. I've used hypo myself, and I'd use it whenever possible, unless treating a fish sensitive to salinity changes. I figure the fewer chemicals I use with my tank the better.

[SCR]

I was also told to keep the fish in there for 6 to 8 weeks.

[SCR]

Correction on the 6 to 8 weeks QT period. I think ick has a 2 to 3 week life cycle. The QT period should be about 4 weeks. At 3 weeks I started bring the silinity back up to normal.
This method work on this end. It's been 6 month and so far so good.

[xDave]

I think copper is best. I do a freshwater dip first, I always adjust the ph to match the water they are in first. I then put them in the QT with copper and slowly (4 days or so) raise the temp to 83. Then I leave them in there for over 2 weeks, then l slowly lower the temp back down to the DT temp, and put them in.

[jimbo045]

I'd stay away from Copper. JD