Marine Ich

[twseal77]

I got two, two spotted gobies from a local store and got ich in my 24Gallon Nano. Unfortunatley, my two clown fish died along with the gobies. Lesson Learned about QT tanks. After 8 years this is the first time i've had this problem. I got a RedSea max 130D 34 Gallon (it was used and already cycled so i could get things going quickly) I moved the live rock and corals as well as the sand from my old tank that had ich and put new water in the new tank. I discarded the water from the old tank. It has been 4 weeks since all of this. Would it be safe at this point to consider putting new fish in (since i moved the rock, coral, sand, etc. and got rid of old water) or should i wait another 2 or three weeks?

 

[EllieSuz]

I'd wait ten weeks if I were you. If I understand correctly, you want to put new fish in with old rock and sand. You start the clock from the moment there was no longer a fish in the tank to host the Ich.

 

[MrTuskfish]

I'd wait ten weeks if I were you. If I understand correctly, you want to put new fish in with old rock and sand. You start the clock from the moment there was no longer a fish in the tank to host the Ich.

I agree.

there is a sticky from a real ich expert,Snorvich, above. ( Most of the info you need will be on his 1st post )http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2041951. I'd read all the ich stickies, a basic knowledge of parasites is vital info for all of us and will make sense of the 10 weeks fallow time.

The timeline for all the fish dying sounds like it could be velvet; its much deadlier and faster than ich.