Opinions on Hyposalinity

Joe Reefer · #1 10-25-2007, 03:59 PM

I would be a little upset if I were to take a fish home and have to aclimate it for over 4 hrs cause my sal. is around 1.025. It would make more sense to have a qt tank with hypo salinity and not sell the fish until they are healthy and ready to go.

howdy20012002 · #2 10-25-2007, 04:11 PM

unfortunately, I won't have enough space to have a complete quarantine system for all the fish..that would require 2 complete sets of tanks.

michika · #3 10-25-2007, 04:17 PM

I unfortunately have to second Lando's comment.

Is there an option to use the same tanks you have now, and do a hypo treatment while they are in QT? Then you can bring the salinity up to par and customers won't have any issues.

howdy20012002 · #4 10-25-2007, 04:26 PM

nope...don't have the space for the 2 sets of tanks.
I am surprised to see that the acclimatization would be that big of a deal for people.
interesting.
Not sure how to deal with this.
As well, I would definitely have to charge more for fish if I keep them in QT for a week or two.

michika · #5 10-25-2007, 04:32 PM

For me its not that you have to acclimate them, its the time it takes to acclimate.

I think you have a great idea, although how would you get things from the salinity they arrived at, to your hypo levels? What about inverts, clams, and corals who require higher SG levels? Will you just keep them separate?

howdy20012002 · #6 10-25-2007, 04:43 PM

i am going to have 5 different systems basically.

1. corals/clams for sale system
2. corals for propogation system
3. fish for sale system
4. inverts for sale system
5. and a small QT system for things that can't be treated by hyposalinity.

I have been told and my limited experience has shown, that as long as the temperature is the same, fish can handle going from a higher to a lower SG quickly without difficulty. In fact, when treating the tank with hyposalinity, it is suggested to do as quickly as possible for the greatest effect on the parasites. basically, the parasites are unable to adjust to the difference in the lower SG and pretty much explode.
So basically, I would float the bags, once the temps are the same, take the fish out and just put them in the tanks...

the reason I am considering this is because I am tired of fighting ich in my tanks(pretty much every time I bring in a new shipment I get ich in at least one of my tanks)....and I have killed more fish attempting to treat it with chemicals than the ich would have killed.

Besides the longer acclimitization period, I don't really see any other downfall besides that.

Okguy · #7 10-25-2007, 05:05 PM

Bringing a pest into my tank is always my biggest worry. I would actually appreciate the fact that I knew you took extra steps to prevent that from happening and would be willing to take the extra time to acclimate the fish in return for that piece of mind.