Having tried a couple of invert safe medication to treat ich in my FOWLR tank, I have finally decided to treat it using hyposalinity. But I am still unsure where to apply the treatment which I hope someone could help out here. They are:
1) Shall I carry out the hypo treatment in my display tank with LR. There aren't any inverts on the LR, but I have some astrea snails, red leg hermit crabs and a cleaner shrimp. Will these survive the hypo treatment?
2) Shall I move the LR and shrimp, crabs and snail out into a quarantine tank and carry out the treatment in the display tank with the fishes only?
3) Shall I move the fishes out into a quarantine tank and treat them there? That means leaving the LR, shrimp, crabs and snails in the display tank with normal salinity. Will the ich still die off because there is no host?
I prefer option 1) because this is minimal work for me and suits my natural of work. I work away from home during the week, so it would be difficult for my wife to look after the two tanks and a child.
And when should I use copper based medication? How will I know when a fish is seriously ill and hypos treatment will not work?
Any input will be appreciated!
1) Shall I carry out the hypo treatment in my display tank with LR. There aren't any inverts on the LR, but I have some astrea snails, red leg hermit crabs and a cleaner shrimp. Will these survive the hypo treatment?
2) Shall I move the LR and shrimp, crabs and snail out into a quarantine tank and carry out the treatment in the display tank with the fishes only?
3) Shall I move the fishes out into a quarantine tank and treat them there? That means leaving the LR, shrimp, crabs and snails in the display tank with normal salinity. Will the ich still die off because there is no host?
I prefer option 1) because this is minimal work for me and suits my natural of work. I work away from home during the week, so it would be difficult for my wife to look after the two tanks and a child.
And when should I use copper based medication? How will I know when a fish is seriously ill and hypos treatment will not work?
Any input will be appreciated!