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Old 10-19-2010, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by howdy20012002 View Post
btw, from what I understand, you can drop salinity almost immediately without any side effects. from what I have read, you can basically drop the fish in as long as the water is same temperature.
it is the increase that you have have to do over a couple of day period.
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same ph and temp are the two most important factors to maintain. Increasing the temperature during the treatment time will speed up the ick life cycle as well.
IMO you may as well deworm your fish with praziquantel at the same time while they are going through isolation.
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