will Hypo salinity kill all the inverts in my tank ?

[Pegasus]

If it were me I would not worry too much unless the fish were visibly sick ie. breathing rapidly, hiding in the corner all day, not feeding, etc.

trilinearmipmap

Saltwater ich is actually a parasite and not a viral infection. It has it's own live cycle and the intent is to disrupt the life cycle. Without treatment, the parsite will continue to reproduce increasing its own population. Since this parasite resides on/within the substrate, water column and on the fish at varius stages of it's life, it is considered contagious and will spread to the other fish in your tank. The fish is sick when you first notice them. If you wait for the symptoms you mention, it is probably to late, as the fish will be infested with the parasite and the time line to wait for the unhatched parasites to hatch and then be irraticated may be to lengthy for the fish's survival. My experience has shown that when treating an infected fish in your reef tank, it takes about two weeks to irraticate using the reef safe medications. It is highly recommended that it be taken seriously right off at the begining, as it is probably the number one cause of losses.

This link is added for your reading pleasure:

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ichartmar.htm

Larry

[trilinearmipmap]

Larry,

Yes of course ich is a parasite.

I am not an expert as I have never treated it, the reason is I use a four week quarantine including hyposalinity. So I will keep my fingers crossed.

I have read of many people who get a flare-up of ich in their tank from time to time, usually related to an acute stress such as poor water quality, temperature fluctuation etc, which goes away with supportive treatment and maintaining good water conditions. Also a lot of people use garlic which is similar to how my grandmother would treat a cold by tying a sock around your neck ie. an excellent placebo.

Anyway there are a lot of opinions on this and we all have to make up our own minds I guess. For me, I will go with a rigid quarantine regimen rather than trying to treat my tank later.

[DEAD_BY_DAWN]

Thanks for the links and posts,i just got off the phone with chris at big als i was told that the best medication for reef type setup was RxP Parasite Treatment by kent marine has anyone used it before ?,it recomends takeing out lions aand a few other fish for some reason,and starfish,so snails etc will be fine ?,thanks again for everyone who is helping me kick this ich...