ich survivors and re-stocking question

[sneeyatch]

i dealt with a long battle with ich and lost my 2 clowns, mandarin and a powder blue tang. the survivors are a lawnmower blenny, a small green chromis and a six-line wrasse.

i know the waiting period for a fallow tank, but what about a "survivor" tank? same time period? a little longer?

thanks

 

[cristhiam]

I lost all my fish but one due to ich, I had one survivor (damsel), I waited 5 to 6 weeks and introduce new fish and I got ich again, now I'm using a QT and doing hypo so far 4 weeks into it and no signs of ich. my main tank is 5 weeks without any fish. I think you might want to QT and treat all your fish and wait the 4 - 6 weeks without fish in your main tank.

 

[kevin2000]

Not sure I understand your question ? Normally the "fallow tank" is the show tank that is left without fish. Not sure what the "survivor tank" is. If the survivor tank is the QT tank then then hopefully your treating with either copper or hyposalinity which kills off the ich within that tank. While the treatment period for either copper or hypo may be shorter than the 5-6 week "fallow period" you still need to keep the fish in the QT until your ST has cured itself.