Hypo in main tank - Aquarium Advice

sango · 01-06-2006, 09:28 PM

Has anybody done this? If so how did it work out for you?

Brenden · 01-06-2006, 10:06 PM

Never done it but it will kill everything other than your fish. When the [acronym:44ef9467fb="Ammonia"]NH3[/acronym:44ef9467fb] and [acronym:44ef9467fb="Nitrite"]NO2[/acronym:44ef9467fb] spikes from the deaths the only thing that will save your fish are daily [acronym:44ef9467fb="Wild Caught"]WC[/acronym:44ef9467fb]. In short do not attempt unless you have no snails,crabs,starfish, [acronym:44ef9467fb="Live rock"]LR[/acronym:44ef9467fb] hitchhikers etc.

i have crabs · 01-07-2006, 12:10 AM

i had to do it and it sucked real bad, i moved all the inverts and asmuch live rock that i could and in a 130g tank it took a while to drop the [acronym:3b37fecd6e="Specific gravity"]sg[/acronym:3b37fecd6e] low enough wich was a huge pain then i had major die off so amonia went through the roof and i was doing 30g water changes every day for almost 2 weeks and i still got a big time bacterial infection in the fish(ich was gone though) wich killed a 3 striped damsil a 10" lion and a 8" cowfish the yellow tang and the domino damsil got big sores but lived the snowflake eel showed no signs of anything, so after about 8 weeks raising the [acronym:3b37fecd6e="Specific gravity"]sg[/acronym:3b37fecd6e] back up cost me 2 buckets of salt and another 200g of water changing time and right when everythig got back to normal the tang and domino were showing signs of [acronym:3b37fecd6e="Head and Lateral Line Erosion"]hlle[/acronym:3b37fecd6e] wich both are doing fine now and are on a high vitamin diet.
i downsized the 130 to a 67g wich i use for a [acronym:3b37fecd6e="quarantine or quart depending on context"]qt[/acronym:3b37fecd6e] tank the eel went into a nother 130g i have about 2-3 monthes latter i adopted a grouper and fox face and got ich again i went the copper route and had a small die off wich a couple waterchanges keept under control the ich dissapered shortly after and had no other problems so as you could probably guess i dont hypo anymore.

mrcrazypants05 · 01-07-2006, 12:59 AM

I am wondering... what is Hypo? Sorry lol...

Brenden · 01-07-2006, 01:06 AM

Quote:

what is Hypo?

The best and most successful treatment for ich. It involves dropping the salinity below 1.011. This low salinity keeps ich from completing its life cycle.

mrcrazypants05 · 01-07-2006, 01:50 AM

Thank you very much.

01-06-2006, 09:28 PM	#1
sango Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Brandon Fl Posts: 401 Images: 2	Hypo in main tank Has anybody done this? If so how did it work out for you? __________________ Tank 90 [acronym:175c2314da="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:175c2314da] sw Wet/Dry w/ [acronym:175c2314da="Live rock"]LR[/acronym:175c2314da] ruble MAG-DRIVE 700 [acronym:175c2314da="Gallons per hour"]GPH[/acronym:175c2314da] 2x Maxi-Jet 1200 Power Head [acronym:175c2314da="Power compact fluorescent"]PC[/acronym:175c2314da] Lighting Remora pro skimmer 90 lbs [acronym:175c2314da="Live rock"]LR[/acronym:175c2314da] 80 lbs of Carib Sea Fish Majestic Angel, Pink spotted gobie. Black percular clown, Coral Beauty, [acronym:175c2314da="Litre"]Lt[/acronym:175c2314da]. Tang, Mitratus B/F, Multicolor Dwarf Angelfish

01-06-2006, 10:06 PM	#2
Brenden Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Piedmont, NC Posts: 3,876 Images: 32	Never done it but it will kill everything other than your fish. When the [acronym:44ef9467fb="Ammonia"]NH3[/acronym:44ef9467fb] and [acronym:44ef9467fb="Nitrite"]NO2[/acronym:44ef9467fb] spikes from the deaths the only thing that will save your fish are daily [acronym:44ef9467fb="Wild Caught"]WC[/acronym:44ef9467fb]. In short do not attempt unless you have no snails,crabs,starfish, [acronym:44ef9467fb="Live rock"]LR[/acronym:44ef9467fb] hitchhikers etc. __________________ The fact that no one understands you doesn't make you an artist. If guns kill people...Spoons make Michael Moore fat.

01-07-2006, 12:59 AM	#4
mrcrazypants05 Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Kansas City, KS Posts: 458 Images: 7	I am wondering... what is Hypo? Sorry lol... __________________ 125gallon - 3 Giant Danios - 1 7" Jack Dempsey - 1 5½" Green Terror - 1 9" Lutino Oscar 65RR - SW - 30g Sump w/fuge - 40lbs MI LR 30lbs Base - 4-5"Sand Bed - 2 false black perculas, 1 six line wrasse, 1 peppermint shrimp, 6 zebra hermits, 6 blue leg hermits, 6 nassarius snails, 6 astrea snails

01-07-2006, 01:50 AM	#6
mrcrazypants05 Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Kansas City, KS Posts: 458 Images: 7	Thank you very much. __________________ 125gallon - 3 Giant Danios - 1 7" Jack Dempsey - 1 5½" Green Terror - 1 9" Lutino Oscar 65RR - SW - 30g Sump w/fuge - 40lbs MI LR 30lbs Base - 4-5"Sand Bed - 2 false black perculas, 1 six line wrasse, 1 peppermint shrimp, 6 zebra hermits, 6 blue leg hermits, 6 nassarius snails, 6 astrea snails

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01-07-2006, 12:10 AM	#3
i have crabs Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: chestermere canada eh Posts: 429 Images: 11	i had to do it and it sucked real bad, i moved all the inverts and asmuch live rock that i could and in a 130g tank it took a while to drop the [acronym:3b37fecd6e="Specific gravity"]sg[/acronym:3b37fecd6e] low enough wich was a huge pain then i had major die off so amonia went through the roof and i was doing 30g water changes every day for almost 2 weeks and i still got a big time bacterial infection in the fish(ich was gone though) wich killed a 3 striped damsil a 10" lion and a 8" cowfish the yellow tang and the domino damsil got big sores but lived the snowflake eel showed no signs of anything, so after about 8 weeks raising the [acronym:3b37fecd6e="Specific gravity"]sg[/acronym:3b37fecd6e] back up cost me 2 buckets of salt and another 200g of water changing time and right when everythig got back to normal the tang and domino were showing signs of [acronym:3b37fecd6e="Head and Lateral Line Erosion"]hlle[/acronym:3b37fecd6e] wich both are doing fine now and are on a high vitamin diet. i downsized the 130 to a 67g wich i use for a [acronym:3b37fecd6e="quarantine or quart depending on context"]qt[/acronym:3b37fecd6e] tank the eel went into a nother 130g i have about 2-3 monthes latter i adopted a grouper and fox face and got ich again i went the copper route and had a small die off wich a couple waterchanges keept under control the ich dissapered shortly after and had no other problems so as you could probably guess i dont hypo anymore.

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