Need help in fighting Cryptocaryon

[Tevosyan]

I have cryptocaryon in my tank and yesterday my blueface angel died.
So I decided to move all my fish and corals to LFS so they will cure them but now I need to fight with this ich that are still in my tank.
Please advice me what can I do to get rid of this ich but without harming my live stones and sand and also I have some hermit crabs and doctor shrimps in tank.

I have read somewhere that if I will keep my tank without any fish for 4 weeks it will eliminate all cryptocaryon, so will this help? or I need to do something else?

Thanks in advance

 

[Mrscribbled]

If all the fish were removed, leave the tank be for 12 weeks to ensure full erradication. On a side note... I'm not sure I'd trust a lfs "curing" the fish. Why didn't you leave your coral in the display tank?

 

[SDguy]

You can leave corals and other inverts in the tank, they can't host ich.

I also agree, 12 weeks no fish to be sure it's gone, and unless your LFS keeps your fish in a dedicated, medicated system without any other fish, you can't be sure they will be cured.

 

[MrTuskfish]

I've never known of any LFS that really cures ich.

If you don't get your own QT and use it with all new fish, this will happen again.

 

[snorvich]

I've never known of any LFS that really cures ich.

If you don't get your own QT and use it with all new fish, this will happen again.

This. The problem with LFS systems that "share water" is that all new shipments arriving will "share parasites" quickly. And if the LFS puts your fish in their system, their system now has ich. Systems "have" ich, fish in systems that have ich will systematically acquire the parasite.

 

[Tevosyan]

This. The problem with LFS systems that "share water" is that all new shipments arriving will "share parasites" quickly. And if the LFS puts your fish in their system, their system now has ich. Systems "have" ich, fish in systems that have ich will systematically acquire the parasite.

I have 15 fish and I have no place at home to make QT for them, so I have paid good price to LFS in order to keep my fish in separate tank with necessary medications, and I am visiting them every day like in hospital))
My problem is what to do in order to avoid recurrence of cryptocaryon after bringing back the fish.

 

[Tevosyan]

I've never known of any LFS that really cures ich.

If you don't get your own QT and use it with all new fish, this will happen again.

Thanks for advice I am going to buy small tank and make it QT for all new fish I will buy in future.

 

[Tevosyan]

If all the fish were removed, leave the tank be for 12 weeks to ensure full erradication. On a side note... I'm not sure I'd trust a lfs "curing" the fish. Why didn't you leave your coral in the display tank?

Josh I removed corals because first I decided to cure them with Chloroquine but when Angel died I decided that it will be better if LFS will cure them. So I will return corals soon.
Also 12 weeks seems to be too long is there anything else I can do and make that period shorter?

 

[Mrscribbled]

Josh I removed corals because first I decided to cure them with Chloroquine but when Angel died I decided that it will be better if LFS will cure them. So I will return corals soon.
Also 12 weeks seems to be too long is there anything else I can do and make that period shorter?

10-12 weeks fallow is really needed, rubbermaid stock tanks work good for quarantining large volumes of fish.