sooju
Aquarium Advice Freak
My blue spotted jawfish appears to have marine velvet and my gramma has ich so I read up on QT tanks and hyposalinity, got everything set up, and then caught the two fish yesterday.
The QT consists of a new 10 gallon tank with a small HOB filter and a heater. I used a piece of sponge that was in my main tank's sump for the filter and the ammonia tested at 0 this morning so I'm hoping the tank doesn't need to cycle. I'll keep an eye on that.
I read Steven Pro's article about Ich treatment and decided to go the hyposalinity route. It mentioned that getting the fish used to the higher SG before putting them back in the tank (once disease free) should be done very gradually, but there was nothing about getting them used to the lower salinity of the QT so I set the tank up using water from the main tank dilluted to 1.010 with RO/DI and brought it to 78 degrees. The fish went right from one tank into the other.
This morning the gramma looks fine but the jawfish is breathing heavy (they've been in since yesterday afternoon). I then got curious about the salinity thing and read another article that said you should gradually lower it over the course of 72 hours. I just added some tank water to the QT to bring it back up to 1.015 and I'll leave it there for a day or two before bringing it back down to 1.010. I'm afraid that changing the level too much will be more stressful than just leaving it alone.
Have I totally blown it??? Please tell me my beautiful jawfish will survive this??!! :-(
The QT consists of a new 10 gallon tank with a small HOB filter and a heater. I used a piece of sponge that was in my main tank's sump for the filter and the ammonia tested at 0 this morning so I'm hoping the tank doesn't need to cycle. I'll keep an eye on that.
I read Steven Pro's article about Ich treatment and decided to go the hyposalinity route. It mentioned that getting the fish used to the higher SG before putting them back in the tank (once disease free) should be done very gradually, but there was nothing about getting them used to the lower salinity of the QT so I set the tank up using water from the main tank dilluted to 1.010 with RO/DI and brought it to 78 degrees. The fish went right from one tank into the other.
This morning the gramma looks fine but the jawfish is breathing heavy (they've been in since yesterday afternoon). I then got curious about the salinity thing and read another article that said you should gradually lower it over the course of 72 hours. I just added some tank water to the QT to bring it back up to 1.015 and I'll leave it there for a day or two before bringing it back down to 1.010. I'm afraid that changing the level too much will be more stressful than just leaving it alone.
Have I totally blown it??? Please tell me my beautiful jawfish will survive this??!! :-(