ICH in a fishless tank... Need Advice!!

[CMC53]

So during the end of my cycle the fish in the display tank got ICH. (220 FOWLR) I removed all of the fish from the tank, to starve the ICH.

Now my question is should I do a Hyposalinity treatment in the fishless tank, or use Cupramine?

If I Hyposalinify my tank how long do I keep maintain Hyposalinity to kill all of the ICH and being that my tank is newly cycled (no live rock), will I have to start the cycle all over again?

Or should I just use Cupramine, and after the treatment use mechanical filtration, and Carbon to remove any traces of Copper?

Like I said my tank is a 220 FOWLR with aggressive fish, so corals were not really a part of the game plan. But I would have liked to have a clean-up crew in the tank. (Eventhough some of the CUC would be killed by the fish).

 

[snorvich]

Simply leave the tank without fish for 9 weeks and you will be fine as far as ich is concerned. Then read my blog for the best way of keeping the tank clean as far as introducing new fish. If you do not develop an adequate quarantine protocol, you will reintroduce ich or worse.

 

[CMC53]

Ok thanks for the advice. I am going to check out your blog now as I do need a quarantine protocol.

However if I was in a press for time (I know patience is the key in fish tanks) which method would you use? Or will the Hyposalinity force my tank to have to "Re-cycle"?

 

[snorvich]

Ok thanks for the advice. I am going to check out your blog now as I do need a quarantine protocol.

However if I was in a press for time (I know patience is the key in fish tanks) which method would you use? Or will the Hyposalinity force my tank to have to "Re-cycle"?

You do not want to use your display tank for quarantine.