I feel like giving up today...*sigh*

jm23

jm23

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Well some of you might have read my prior post for help with QT. I decided to do a 100% WC to see if that would help. As I was transferring the fish over to a bucket I examined each one, well wouldn't ya know it several of them had spots (I assume are ich), my PBT was covered. The salinity has never crossed 1.010 during the 4 weeks they have been in there, in fact I have made sure it has stayed between 1.008 and 1.009. :banghead: So much for hypo working. It has been such a chore keeping the tank at hypo, watching the pH, and ammonia to only have it not work. So I going to do the tank transfer method and hope that works. Slowly bringing up the salinity over the next week or so. It is just one of those days guys where I feel like giving up...thankfully the corals are doing great (knock on wood). Alright vent over and time to go to work.
 
Stop wasting time with all the other methods. Just use copper. There have been ich spreading around that is hyposalinity resistant. Only proven treatment is copper
 
sorry to hear about your issue. Is your refractometer calibrated? I once did hypo and it did not work cause my refractometer was not calibrated correctly.

I hope things pull through
 
Be strong fella

Just think at how awesome your tank and those fish are gonna be once this is all over .. Cheer up and keep up :)
 
+1 on refractometer calibration, make sure it is calibrated to 35ppm solution not to RO water. Or copper works very well.
 
ColaAddict said:
Stop wasting time with all the other methods. Just use copper. There have been ich spreading around that is hyposalinity resistant. Only proven treatment is copper
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I totally agree. Hypo is way too much work and I've found that too many fish are stressed to death with it. Get a tank for copper and use it. Sorry for the losses, buddy.
 
Sorry to hear that bro...if you need some calibration fluid, just let me know. I hope everything pulls thru for you.
 
Sorry about your fish losses Jon, I agree with everyone on the copper treatments. Way easier to treat with copper and quicker too.

That's pretty much all I used back in the day when I just had saltwater fish by themselves. I've read up on hypo treatments and it seems like there are too many things that can possibly go wrong and a just a pain in general.
 
Thanks all for the kind words. I use the calibration fluid everytime, so unless the fluid is bad that isn't it. I might just go with copper, I just heard wrasses don't always do the greatest in it. We will see. Thanks.
 
+1 to a chemical - there are other proven chemicals vs. crypto (quinine sulfate or even better, chloroquine phosphate), but copper is the easiest to get a hold of, and everyone here can give tips regarding its use. Hypo can work, but as mentioned, it can be resistant (there are rare copper resistant strains too by the way), and the exact salinity is not fully established. Yes, there is plenty of research into it, but there isn't a solid agreed upon number (.008 - .010 is often cited, but with that much variance....). Hypo is stressful too! Don't bother with tank transfer, it works, but wow, just the sounds of it makes it seem like a lot of work! Good luck man, stay with it! I think we've all been discouraged by losses, especially when losing gorgeous fish or coral!
 
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