Quarantine Tank Processes!

The life cycle of ich, for example, can go as long as 72 days. It's usually 24 days so I think that's why 42-56 days is recommended.
 
KSU_WILDCAT said:
My question for those running a cycled QT 24/7, say you bring home fish from wherever, drop them into the QT and a week later find out they have a bad case of ICH. My understanding is you will have to disassemble the tank and let everything dry out for 24 hrs to remove the ICH in the tank/filter, ect. I can see that as a real PITA, draining, cleaning, refilling and cycling all over again. How do you guys get around that?
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MondoBongo said:
you can beat the ich life cycle with a fallow period. it doesn't require drying things out, just removing any potential hosts for the parasite (read as fish).

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if i were to see a fish with an active infection, i would remove them to a dedicate hospital tank for treatment, and allow the QT to remain fallow (fishless) for 72 days.
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But where do you move an infected fish after the hospital tank treatment? You can't move it back to the quarantine tank (or it may become infected again), so it seems to me you need a second quarantine tanks while the first one lies fallow?
 
Yes if that is the route you go with(no medications in qt). I have 2 tanks a qt/hospital tank and a display. I dont worry about beneficial bacteria in the qt. I just medicate and do water changes as some treatments can kill the beneficial bacteria anyway. This way seems like it will be less of a headache for me. If you don't make your own rodi I can see this being a problem.
 
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