hyposalinaty?

[salefen]

I have a slight case of ich, I heard if you drop the SG it helps mine is at .023 what should I get it down to how fast do I get it down and how long can it stay there? thanks

 

[esmithiii]

Do you mean 1.023? What inverts do you have? Do you have a quarentine tank? Have you tried garlic?

 

[naesco]

Do a search here for using garlic extract as suggested by esmithiii.

 

[davelin315]

Concerning the garlic, check out a recent thread I posted about garlic, it references and gives a link to an article about it. As far as your specific gravity, when I was keeping fish only tanks, I kept my SG at around 1.017. This lower salinity allows a higher oxygen content, and also is less desirable to parasites like ich, as they don't survive well in lower salinities. I kept mine there permanently without ever experiencing any problems. Don't do this with inverts, though, you should keep their SG at 1.0235 like sea water.

 

[john f]

sg needs to be 1.009 for 4-6 weeks for crypto cure. Obviously this can't be done in a reef tank.


John

 

[esmithiii]

Davelin:

Salinity near most coral reefs is 35 PPT which corresponds to 1.026

Ernie

 

[davelin315]

Like I said, 1.026

Learn something new everyday. I've been keeping mine at 1.0235 for years and years (well, at around that anyway) and have always been told that's what the reefs are at. I'm bringing my hydrometer next time I go somewhere cool.

[ August 20, 2001: Message edited by: davelin315 ]