Fully stocked reef tank ICH Treatment!!!! IT WORKS!!!

[snorvich]

Simply put, you either set up a proper QT to deal with the size specimens your acquiring (doesn't need to be as big as a long term display tank ) or you play Russian Roulette.

Personally, I QT. In the long run it actually requires less effort and less patience than dealing with disease issues in the display tank.

I agree. I also keep a hospital tank for treatment if a new fish "flunks out' of quarantine.

 

[ThRoewer]

Trouble with sound quarantine practices, is how do quarantine an 11" Sohal tang, a 24" snowflake eel or a 10" grouper in a 40 gal quarantine tank --- you don't you gamble.. ...

The fish's size is never an excuse. If you can't quarantine them you shouldn't get them. Your quarantine system needs to match your fish.
You can get away with small quarantine tanks if all your fish are small.
If you have a big tank with big fish you need a matching quarantine setup. If you don't have the space for that you should seriously rethink that big tank and those big fish.

 

[Arringar]

I absolutely agree. If you can't accommodate them in quarantine, you can't accommodate them period.

 

[kenpau]

I absolutely agree. If you can't accommodate them in quarantine, you can't accommodate them period.

So if you run an 6ft tank then you need a minimum 6ft quarantine? How much are people spending on these quarantine setups??!

 

[jpa0741]

Not everybody on here is a qt snob. As a matter of fact most dont qt at all. And there are plenty of successful tanks kept this way. Not saying you shouldn't it is a good a idea if you can. But just not absolutely mandatory.

 

[mattcoug]

Not everybody on here is a qt snob. As a matter of fact most dont qt at all. And there are plenty of successful tanks kept this way. Not saying you shouldn't it is a good a idea if you can. But just not absolutely mandatory.

And 'most' people leave the hobby after a couple years when they get tired/poor from diseases wiping out their tanks and killing all their fish.

I also brush my teeth every day so that I don't loose them. I guess you can call me a toothpaste snob. But it is still the right thing to do.

-Matt

 

[domination2580]

Any one do this with anemones? I'm really curious since I have three.

 

[Deinonych]

And 'most' people leave the hobby after a couple years when they get tired/poor from diseases wiping out their tanks and killing all their fish.

I also brush my teeth every day so that I don't loose them. I guess you can call me a toothpaste snob. But it is still the right thing to do.

-Matt

:beer:

 

[Jay_R]

And 'most' people leave the hobby after a couple years when they get tired/poor from diseases wiping out their tanks and killing all their fish.

I also brush my teeth every day so that I don't loose them. I guess you can call me a toothpaste snob. But it is still the right thing to do.

-Matt

LOL :uzi:

 

[Spar]

Any one do this with anemones? I'm really curious since I have three.

the one creature i decided not to QT was a Nem. I still dipped it on the way over however. my theory was that there is nowhere for Ich to encyst on, and anything inside the Nem is already food to it...

but, for 100% assurance, you need to fallow treat even those. each person needs to decide their own risk tolerance levels.

 

[domination2580]

So where can I buy this and how much do u reccomend for a 55 gallon tank with 20 gallon sump so a total of 75 gallons.

 

[canada55]

domination2580 are you referring to the "PROHIBIT/LEVISOLE POWDER 52", I bought it online but I never did use it. By the time I finished building a 250gal quarantine system, every "visual" Ich symptom disappeared. It's now been 6 month since my outbreak, makes me wonder if it was Ich in the first place. I should have had more casualties than one B.Fly. The guys here are the experts and are giving the best possible advice. Quarantine and go fallow. With chemicals you also run the high risk of loosing everything.

 

[domination2580]

The way I believe....not proven...but if the fish is healthy it's less likely to get ich since its immune system is strong enough for it....I had one rabbit fish with ich on it....in my dt...no one else in it got any indication of ich...but everyone is healthy, loving life, and very active

 

[Spar]

The way I believe....not proven...but if the fish is healthy it's less likely to get ich since its immune system is strong enough for it....I had one rabbit fish with ich on it....in my dt...no one else in it got any indication of ich...but everyone is healthy, loving life, and very active

the healthy ones still likely have ich on them, they are just able to fend off mass infestation. the problem comes when something in the tank suddenly drastically changes, they could then be suddenly exposed to a mass attack. could be as simple as adding a new fish that causes stress on the existing healthy fish, a sudden rise or drop in alkalinity, etc.

but agreed, keeping an otherwise healthy stock of fish is one way to significantly mitigate the impact of Ich.

 

[shredmaster]

THE ONLY WAY IS TO QUARANTINE! Don't mean to sound mean about it but you'll learn the really hard way if you don't! It doesn't matter how strong your fish are...if the parasite is in the water it will multiply at such an alarming rate that nothing will survive! How is your fish's strength going to prevent the parasite from eating the fish alive via the gills and getting under the skin through the slime coat?

 

[horseplay]

THE ONLY WAY IS TO QUARANTINE! Don't mean to sound mean about it but you'll learn the really hard way if you don't! It doesn't matter how strong your fish are...if the parasite is in the water it will multiply at such an alarming rate that nothing will survive! How is your fish's strength going to prevent the parasite from eating the fish alive via the gills and getting under the skin through the slime coat?

How do you explain my fish that came inflected with ich and survived on its own without any medication? Also the other inhabitants of the tank that was not affected?

 

[shredmaster]

I don't know, I wasn't there, but read what I said again. If that is what you feel comfortable with, I don't care. Just letting you know what works. I have done countless hours of research on it, but what do I know. Glad your fish are fine.

 

[domination2580]

I did take out the rabbit fish and quarantine him once I saw it...maybe it wasn't in the tank long enough for a infestation....it was in there two days before I caught it and moved it to a smaller tank which I copper dosed him

 

[sjlaing1234]

I was looking where to purchase this stuff in Canada and I came across the levamisole hydrochloride in a bird dewormer too. It was Avitrol plus bird wormer.

 

[Vapour1ze]

I was looking where to purchase this stuff in Canada and I came across the levamisole hydrochloride in a bird dewormer too. It was Avitrol plus bird wormer.

Don't waste your time, or money. QT your fish. Wait 10 weeks. Your fish will thank you. This hobby is all about patience. Respect that. Good luck!