Blue Hippos and Ick

[RayAllen]

Jeff I really havnt heard about the diffrent strains of ick, but it makes since. The sailfin does look a little diffrent. And there is macro in the tank for them to eat

[RayAllen]

well some good news after yesterday fresh water dip the hippo is eating and the ick doesnt look as bad.

[SoLiD]

I got extreme on Friday and brought a Coralife Turbo-Twist 36watt 12X. Up to 1100GPH... Not bad. It is part of my journey into the Powder Blue REALM. -David

[Richard]

Jeff I really havnt heard about the diffrent strains of ick

Yeah there are different strains or variants. Even some that tolerate hyposalinity. Each time you bring in a new strain you'll see an ick breakout. If you don't bring in a new strain the one in your tank will eventually die out. I forget the exact number but what was found in research is that after x number of cycles of growing ick in the lab they found that it suddenly died off completely for unknown reasons. On my tank it took a little over a year of not adding new strains before it completely went away. Now my fish (Hippo included) never break out with ick. A few weeks ago I found my temp was getting down to 68-70F at night (bad heater) and not a spot on any of them. So now any new fish will get a lengthy qt period before going in that tank.

[SoLiD]

Yeah there are different strains or variants. Even some that tolerate hyposalinity. Each time you bring in a new strain you'll see an ick breakout. If you don't bring in a new strain the one in your tank will eventually die out. I forget the exact number but what was found in research is that after x number of cycles of growing ick in the lab they found that it suddenly died off completely for unknown reasons. On my tank it took a little over a year of not adding new strains before it completely went away. Now my fish (Hippo included) never break out with ick. A few weeks ago I found my temp was getting down to 68-70F at night (bad heater) and not a spot on any of them. So now any new fish will get a lengthy qt period before going in that tank.

Thanks for the info, Richard.

[RayAllen]

yes very good to know

[kaiser]

I got extreme on Friday and brought a Coralife Turbo-Twist 36watt 12X. Up to 1100GPH... Not bad. It is part of my journey into the Powder Blue REALM. -David

You might want to look at this chart.

Per Manufacturer's recommendation:
Model, Flow Rate for Parasites, Flow Rate for Algae, Flow Rate for Bacteria
9W, 55 gph, 121 gph, 253 gph
18W, 110 gph, 240 gph, 500 gph
36W, 290 gph, 680 gph, 1,550 gph

[SoLiD]

Hmmm ok. 290gph for PARASITES. Maybe I should read more about UV filtration. Thanks for the heads up.

[Jeff]

thanks richard, i knew i wasn't crazy thinking there were other strains.

[Bill S]

OK, so my parasites were just getting a suntan...

When I plumb in my new chiller, I'll plumb this in more correctly!