After fallow period, recommend dosing qt with copper

[Nemosmom1]

Hi,
Am new to the hobby, and am just wondering if I should dose my quarantine tank with copper once the fallow period is over just to ensure that ich is killed off. I was reading on some threads that some strains of ich can survive past the 76 day mark. Also, I'm planning on getting new sand to fill my bigger tank that I will get, but would you recommend getting new live rock as well? Or should I just use the live rock that I currently have in my 8 gallon tank. Maybe let it dry out for a bit? (Once the fallow period is over, I'm planning to clean everything out and use it as a quarantine tank) Am glad to have discovered this forum, but wished I'd found it sooner. Thanks. . .

 

[lagatbezan]

Is it your main tank that you have going fallow or your qt?
If it is your qt, then its best not to have any sand and rocks in it. Just a couple of decent sized PVC pipes for the fish to hide and feel secure in. When you are done with it, you can tear it down, clean it, let it dry and reuse when needed. No need to go fallow.
If the rocks were in a tank that had ich or other parasites in it, then you can either let it go fallow for a minimum of 72 days or take the rocks out and clean them with a water/bleach solution (10:1 ratio) and then rinse thoroughly and allow to fully dry. This will kill everything live on them. The rocks will no longer be live but once they go in your tank after a while they will become live again.