ich for 2 months

[CDTReefer]

Quick question. I have a 125 reef tank and my 8 fish have shown some signs of ich. How long will it take for them to die from it. I have noticed it for at least 2 months. Its funny how well they are doing. It does not seem to bother them. I haven't treated either. 3 percula clowns 2 fairy wrasses 1 royal gramma 1 goby 1 fire fish. Thanks

 

[Nina51]

Your plan is to just wait for them to die rather than trying to treat?

 

[gone fishin]

No one can say how long they will last. However, they will meet an untimely demise at some point.

 

[snorvich]

Since ich is a parasite which eventually overwhelms because of the exponential nature of its life cycle, the smaller the tank, the quicker the demise.

 

[Dbondaruk]

This is a very touchy subject. Some people have ice in systems for 10+years and fish still are alive. Some people have had fish die within couple weeks. I'm still on the fence if ICK can be removed from a system permanent. Just do research and more research. ICK seems to be time clicking bomb. Read the stickys on this site. I'm tempted to pull all fish out dude to a ICK outbreak I had recently. I only lost one fish from the out break but still now I'm worried about future fish additions

 

[snorvich]

This is a very touchy subject. Some people have ice in systems for 10+years and fish still are alive. Some people have had fish die within couple weeks. I'm still on the fence if ICK can be removed from a system permanent. Just do research and more research. ICK seems to be time clicking bomb. Read the stickys on this site. I'm tempted to pull all fish out dude to a ICK outbreak I had recently. I only lost one fish from the out break but still now I'm worried about future fish additions

If you quarantine properly you will not have ich or any other parasite. If you don't worry about ich, then eventually you will run into one of the serious parasites; that will wipe out your tank. Just FYI.