tinypieceofkrill
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I don't know if this will work, so I need opinions. I had my 65g tank for 3 years and never had ich. Now I have my 65 with other tanks tied into the system. I introduced a yellow tang without quarantine (I know, I am an idiot, always quarantine. I don't need opinions on this thanks) and the tang got ich. The ich went away and some days later, all the fish had ich except the yellow tang. The tang has not had ich again since the initial outbreak. Rather than tear the tank apart to get the fish out and treat them, I decided to do something I haven't heard anyone else try.
I have 2 clowns 1 flame hawk 1 watchman goby and 1 yellow tang in the 65. The other tanks are a fuge and mantis tanks. The only fish I have in any of those tanks is 2 damsels. The damsels never got ich, so I thought maybe the ich has a hard time going through all the pipes and pumps and skimmer.
I closed the lines to all tanks except the 65 giving my ASM G2 skimmer only the water from the 65g. I put 3 maxijet 1200's in the 65 and have 700ghp of water circulating between the sump and tank. So, do you think between increasing the water movement a lot and the skimmer that maybe the ich will have a harder time finding a host in time to live and some would also get skimmed out?
I ask this because I have tried this through 3 or 4 ich cycles now and each time the fish show less cysts and each time they have an easier time with it. They are all active and eating. I also read somewhere that after about 30 cycles the ich seems to burn out and stop reproducing. I don't know if this is true, but whatever.
It could be that the fish are aquiring an immunity, but if what I am doing is helping them aquire an immunity isn't that just as good as removing them and treating them. I probably can't add anymore fish for quite along time but if this will work, then, I can wait. What do you think?
I have 2 clowns 1 flame hawk 1 watchman goby and 1 yellow tang in the 65. The other tanks are a fuge and mantis tanks. The only fish I have in any of those tanks is 2 damsels. The damsels never got ich, so I thought maybe the ich has a hard time going through all the pipes and pumps and skimmer.
I closed the lines to all tanks except the 65 giving my ASM G2 skimmer only the water from the 65g. I put 3 maxijet 1200's in the 65 and have 700ghp of water circulating between the sump and tank. So, do you think between increasing the water movement a lot and the skimmer that maybe the ich will have a harder time finding a host in time to live and some would also get skimmed out?
I ask this because I have tried this through 3 or 4 ich cycles now and each time the fish show less cysts and each time they have an easier time with it. They are all active and eating. I also read somewhere that after about 30 cycles the ich seems to burn out and stop reproducing. I don't know if this is true, but whatever.
It could be that the fish are aquiring an immunity, but if what I am doing is helping them aquire an immunity isn't that just as good as removing them and treating them. I probably can't add anymore fish for quite along time but if this will work, then, I can wait. What do you think?
