Ick ??

[triton3d]

Hello... just have a question about ick... ive read that if you get ick in your tank you have to take every fish out QT, and leave the DT fallow for 10 to 12 weeks, ok, heres my question.. i have ick in my tank right now, but, the only fish that i see ick on is the Yellow tang and the Purple pseudo,. my other fish are: 5 green gromis, 1 tomato clown, 1 clarky clown, 1 midas blenny, 1 lawnmower blenny , 1 scooter blenny and 1 yellow cori wrasse, NONE of this fish have shone any sings of ick in 2 weeks, i know that these fish are strong, so can i just take the 2 first listed out and leave the others in the DT without adding another fish for 12 weeks??

Thanks
Mike

 

[krowleey]

Hello... just have a question about ick... ive read that if you get ick in your tank you have to take every fish out QT, and leave the DT fallow for 10 to 12 weeks, ok, heres my question.. i have ick in my tank right now, but, the only fish that i see ick on is the Yellow tang and the Purple pseudo,. my other fish are: 5 green gromis, 1 tomato clown, 1 clarky clown, 1 midas blenny, 1 lawnmower blenny , 1 scooter blenny and 1 yellow cori wrasse, NONE of this fish have shone any sings of ick in 2 weeks, i know that these fish are strong, so can i just take the 2 first listed out and leave the others in the DT without adding another fish for 12 weeks??

Thanks
Mike

nope, the ich will complete it's life cycle and when you pop that tang back in...bam. you only need to leave the display fallow for 8 weeks. i suggest pulling them all and treating them with hyposalinity or copper, which are the only proven ways to eliminate this parasite 100%.

 

[wooden_reefer]

ALL fish means ALL fish.

or May be all bony fish.

I done know if rays and sharks can carry ich.

 

[wooden_reefer]

Also, if you have enough nitrification in QT and the QT is not too small, treating more fish at once would not be significantly more work.

Cycle the medium for QT in advance, in a separate container if necessary. This way you can easily support many more fish at once.

Do not believe that one has to introduce fish slowly for nitrification to catch up anywhere, including the QT. This bad concept totally chokes the progress of skill of aquarist. You can easily overcome this limitation by cycling a medium bound for the QT separately and in advance.

 

[wooden_reefer]

The idea of "ALL fish means ALL fish" should be considered more.

In the case of an existing outbreak of ich, may be the priority is to save the lives of the fish that are at imminent risk. At the first stage of combat against existing ich, perhaps the objective is not yet to eradicate ich.

In this case, you may treat only fish that are obviously infested and are at imminent risk of death. It is OK to leave those apparently un-infested in the DT. In the first three weeks, you do not yet have a cycled medium in QT, the amount of work is much more related to the bioload in QT, ie the rate of ammonia generation.

This may not be very essential always, as fish that are not obviously infested now can be in just a few days. This is frequently the case.

 

[seababy]

I have used Formalin from APro and it seems to wipe it out.

 

[seababy]

You have to be very careful, because it is very strong.

 

[triton3d]

I have used Formalin from APro and it seems to wipe it out.

Use Formalin in a Reef Tank??

Mike

 

[RBU1]

The idea of "ALL fish means ALL fish" should be considered more.

In the case of an existing outbreak of ich, may be the priority is to save the lives of the fish that are at imminent risk. At the first stage of combat against existing ich, perhaps the objective is not yet to eradicate ich.

In this case, you may treat only fish that are obviously infested and are at imminent risk of death. It is OK to leave those apparently un-infested in the DT. In the first three weeks, you do not yet have a cycled medium in QT, the amount of work is much more related to the bioload in QT, ie the rate of ammonia generation.

This may not be very essential always, as fish that are not obviously infested now can be in just a few days. This is frequently the case.

Well I really do not believe in this theory. Unless you wish to have ick pop back up in your display tank. DO NOT leave any fish in your display if you truely want to rid the tank of the parasite. Again I speak from expierience here....I left my tank free of fish for 10 weeks, well I thought the eels would not host the parasite. Well after I added my second fish to the tank (yellow tang) the ich came back......So 2 things could have happened the eels hosted the parasite or one of the fish I purchased re-introduced the parasite again. I purchased the fish from a person treats every fish with chloriquine....So the eels hosting the parasite is more likely..I would not take the chance. Its not worth it, just remove all the fish...

OK after re-reading wooden reefers post for a thrid time....I think what he/she is trying to say is that if the fish that have the parasite need faster treatment just treat them and leave the others in the DT. OK I understand it now....But your display will still have ich. so even after your treatment when you put them back the chances are they might get it again...