Hey all! I really really need help. I have 30 gallons tank with corals, crabs etc. Last year I lost all my fishes due to ich. I waited over 3 months before adding new fishes. I see everywhere that tank should stay 72 days without fishes so the ich will die. It was over 100 days... Now i got 2 clown fishes and a royal gramma, all went through quarantine tank and were in main display for over 4 month. And yesterday i spotted ich on my gramma! How could that happen?! And what should i do? Could ich survive in the tank? And how to treat it? As far as i know lowering salinity will kill al my invertebrates? I put gramma in quarantine tank, but should i put there all fishes? Please, any help would be very appreciated!
Please help! Ich
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lagatbezan
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don't panic yet, are you sure its ich? it might be sand or something else.
How did you qt your fish prior to adding them to the tank? anything wet added to the tank that wasn't qt? adding corals and invets without doing a thorough qt posses a risk of introducing ich or other parasites to your tank.
How did you qt your fish prior to adding them to the tank? anything wet added to the tank that wasn't qt? adding corals and invets without doing a thorough qt posses a risk of introducing ich or other parasites to your tank.
If it is Ich, all fish will need to go to separate tank for another 72 days so the display can be fallow again.
It is extremely unlikely Ich survived in the display for 100 days without fish.
Its possible the Ich was on the gramma (or/and the clowns) the entire time and never showed itself until now. Ich usually prefers the gills and may not be visible until a bad outbreak or stressor event happens.
Describe exactly what you did to quarantine the fish?
How you know its Ich? Do you have any pictures?
It is extremely unlikely Ich survived in the display for 100 days without fish.
Its possible the Ich was on the gramma (or/and the clowns) the entire time and never showed itself until now. Ich usually prefers the gills and may not be visible until a bad outbreak or stressor event happens.
Describe exactly what you did to quarantine the fish?
How you know its Ich? Do you have any pictures?
So how does ich get in on corals and inverts.. I thought it was only fish/water?
lagatbezan
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ich itself doesnt effect corals or inverts but the free swimming stages of it can come in with the water that the coral/iverts are in. Also the ich tomonts can attach themselves to the corals/inverts and hatch when they get into your display. Which is why its always best to qt anything wet.
