What would you do?

[Dorado13]

I recently got ich in my tank and have decided to start quarantining all my fish so that I have an ich free tank(if it isn't a myth). The only problem is that after weeks of trying to get all the fish out of my tank I have not been able to get my little 1" green banded goby out. I've tried all sorts of traps but nothing works. I would take out the rock that he lives in but it is a huge 55 lb rock, and I believe that even if i did take the rock out he would just hide in one of the deep holes.

My question is, if i'm not able to get him out and quarantine him, is there any point in quarantining the other fish? He doesn't have any signs of ich, even though I know that doesn't mean that he doesn't have it in his gills or something. Is it possible that such a small fish might elude getting ich? What would you do? I'm kinda out of ideas.

 

[jmaneyapanda]

get him into the rock, and then remove the rock and suspend it over a bucket of water. Eventually he give up, and fall into the bucket. it sounds rough, but ive done it effectively.

to be sure, youll want to get every fish out.

 

[Jeffrey Porter]

instead of holding the rock you may just want to place it on a towel on the floor. that little guy will probably stay in the rock longer than you can hold it.

 

[Dorado13]

That rock was such a pain putting it in, i don't even want to think about having to take it out haha

 

[Sk8r]

Gobies are ich-resistent. The likelihood that he would ever get ich is very low, given good water.

 

[Hormigaquatica]

If the goby is the only fish in the tank left, then its kind of like using the main display as a quarentine. Like sk8r said, theyre pretty sturdy buggers anyhow, so I wouldnt be too concerned. I would be more worried about stressing him out from the whole catching process, or squishing him with a piece of liverock when you shuffle things around. If he's ich free when the other fish are ready to come out of QT, youre likely OK.

 

[BTTRFLYGRL]

You need to get him out...Even if he never shows visible signs of ich, he is keeping it alive in your main tank.. You will end up treating your other fish, putting them back and they'll get ich again..Not worth it

 

[SDguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8285662#post8285662 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sk8r
Gobies are ich-resistent. The likelihood that he would ever get ich is very low, given good water.

Don't want to perpetuate a myth, but I too have heard this. Is it true, because even though I agree with BTTRFLYGRL in theory, would this still apply since it's a goby?

 

[jmaneyapanda]

no fish is ick proof. Certain fish are more resistant than others, but any ornamnetal we use can certainly acquire and proliferate this pathogen. As butterfly said, you can not take this fish out, but you are chancing the fact that this fish will continue to host.

 

[SDguy]

I thought it had to do with being scaleless...but then again that wouldn't make sense, since I've seen ich on pectoral fins, or was that velvet....

 

[BTTRFLYGRL]

The only fish immune to ich are sharks and rays.

 

[SDguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8287857#post8287857 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SDguy
I thought it had to do with being scaleless...but then again that wouldn't make sense, since I've seen ich on pectoral fins, or was that velvet....

LOL, never mind...it's that you use medication at lower strength for scaleless fish. My brain cells crossed!

 

[I like Triggers]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8288970#post8288970 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by BTTRFLYGRL
The only fish immune to ich are sharks and rays.

and eels