Fallow tank

[mgraf]

How long should a tank be left without fish before it can be considered ich free? I will have had it fish free for one month next week, should I wait longer, or is it OK to start putting fish back in slowly at the one month mark? I have a Yellow Watcman Goby, two False Percs, Six Line Wrasse, and a Kole tang. What order do you think I should begin to put them back in, and how fast?
Thanks
Matt

 

[Tat2demon]

I believe the minimum is 6 weeks.

 

[RegalAngel]

What do you have in the tank...corals, inverts?

If not, I would suggest Quinine Sulfate that will rid the tank of Ich in 5 days! No waiting weeks.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1974075

 

[Chris27]

What temperature was the tank kept at? If around 80F, then give it another week and you should be good to go. If it was around 75F, go another 2 weeks.

The fish that are going back in......they were actively treated with copper or hypo right?

 

[mgraf]

Treated fish in NoxIch. Followed instructioins to the T. Kole went through treatment twice. Kole and six line in a 17 gallon tank and were treated. Percs and yellow Watchman are in a 12 gallon nanocube. The percs and the goby never showed signs of Ich. At this point, no fish show or have showed any signs of Ich. All fins and bodies are clear of spots. If they show no signs for a month, Am I Ok, or should I introduce Kole and six line into display, and then treat the others. I kinda wanted to put the tang and wrasse in last. Should I have treated all fish, signs of ich or not?
Any thoughts would help!
Thanks everyone
Matt

 

[jcw]

From what I've read, ich can stay in the tissues of fish without showing disease. The fish you didn't treat may habor the parasite.

Also from what I've read, the original recommendations for a greater than 99% success rate of ich iradication was to wait 10 weeks.

I can't believe 2 weeks will cut it.

 

[SkullV]

No point in leaving your display fallow unless you treat ALL of the fish with Copper or Hypo (or quinine sulfate which I have no experience with). Nothing else is proven to completely kill Crypt. All that is going to happen is you are going to have waited 6-8 weeks to introduce Crypt back into the tank.