Greg's 75g

[gregzz4]

Chris, thanks for pointing that out

Definately put your dude into your QT, even if it means you have to clear it out tonight, or postpone the purchase a day or so, or whatever

You know how prone tangs are to MI, nevermind everything else that could happen

I wanna make sure this little guy is eating well and hopefully bug-free
The plan is for a day or so of feeding, then I'm going to start dropping the Sg and go through the whole hypo bit

[Ginu]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Chris, thanks for pointing that out

Definately put your dude into your QT, even if it means you have to clear it out tonight, or postpone the purchase a day or so, or whatever

You know how prone tangs are to MI, nevermind everything else that could happen

I wanna make sure this little guy is eating well and hopefully bug-free
The plan is for a day or so of feeding, then I'm going to start dropping the Sg and go through the whole hypo bit

Yup I am going to clean out the 10g tonight and drop the salinity to 1.16 or so.

How did you setup your qt? Are you running any chemicals or just lower the salinity?

[gregzz4]

My QT is currently 1.025 @ 79f with 5-10lbs of LR
I have an Aquaclear 50, and an 8watt UV run by a Quiet One 1200 on it's lowest setting

I'm not running any chems right now and probably won't
I did a week of Paraguard and it killed all my brittle stars, some asternias, and the few polyps haven't opened since

I add Paraguard when I'm acclimating and treat it as a dip, right before I net the dudes to the QT

Once I start to drop the Sg I'll put the LR in a bucket for the fallow period

Keep your Sg up until after you acclimate, then drop it over 48-72 hours if you plan on going hypo
Otherwise, keep it between 1.024 and 1.026

[Ginu]

I like the hypo salinity method to be honest as it kills most parasites and it's not harmful to the fish.
I was under the impression that drip acclimation when introducing new fish into the qt tank is not necessary. They just match temps and drop the fish in lower salinity water which shock the parasites off.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Ginu

I like the hypo salinity method to be honest as it kills most parasites and it's not harmful to the fish.
I was under the impression that drip acclimation when introducing new fish into the qt tank is not necessary. They just match temps and drop the fish in lower salinity water which shock the parasites off.

Nope, couple bad ideas there ...

Hypo has only been proven to kill MI, and only at levels as low as 1.009, although it does help newly aquired fish recover from problems ...
The lower salinity allows them to 'sluff off' salt more easily ( osmoregulation ) as there is less salt content to take in to start with
This allows them to focus on digestion and healing etc etc instead of spending time trying to rid themselves of the amount of salt they take in
'Dropping' new fish into a tank without a drip is one of the best ways I can think of to kill them - or at least stress them out enough that they will eventually die

There are plenty of acclimation procedures online, and even J&L has a page about it

You MUST properly acclimate your new critters, any kind of new critters, if you expect them to be as healthy as possible



As far as 'shocking' parasites off of new aquisitions goes, read about freshwater dips and follow the instructions closely
You could also read about medicated dips, such as using prazipro or paraguard, but again, read first, and don't do anything you don't fully understand

[Ginu]

I keep reading and reading, guess everyone has their methods and I was thinking the same about dropping the fish directly in lower salinity water...

Here is the post:

http://www.tropicalfishkeeping.com/f...ne-tank-35693/

[gregzz4]

I've only browsed that article but I don't like what I read ...

Here's a great link for you

Randy Holmes-Farley articles

And one I like about Hypo