Dt hypo treatment

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Mike-fish

So then what would you recommend. I would rather stay away from copper and keep the stress to a minimum for the fish

Who are you responding to ?

[George]

I wouldn't do hypo in that large of a tank. First of all, you still have to take out a lot of salt water to replace it with fresh water. It's not that much more work to just drain the tank enough to catch all the fish.
Second, there will be a lot of die-off's in your DT if you have live rock, live sand in there with hypo. You skimmer won't work in hypo. A lot of organic. Ammonia will be a problem. Dosing ammonia binding thingy will get expensive in that large of a tank.
Also there are some researches showing that a certain strain of marine ich can survive below hypo salinity. Your chance of getting that strain may be low, but still a chance...
good luck with whatever you decide to do.

[gregzz4]

I agree with George, but sometimes the solution is to keep the fish in a tank large enough to house them, and transfer the other critters to a smaller, more manageable tank for the duration

Good luck with whatever you do

[lockrookie]

I used a product called rid ich I believe it's been so long but it's totally reef save and did wonders

[Mike-fish]

Im aware that herbtana is an immune booster. I think I will run herbtana untill Saturday if I've seen no improvement I will begin to make preparations for the 175 to use as a hypo tank that way it's a smaller water volume to deal with and will prevent an accidental cycle. As there will be almost no rock ( wrasse sleeps in a specific rock. What would be the best thing to provide them with cover?

[e46er]

I use PVC fittings and short pieces of pipe in my QT for cover