Just wondering.. I picked up a new tank for my birthday and I am pretty sure that I got some bad ich in the sandbed...I have been in the hobby and for about 6 years and had many ich related losses early but in the last 3 years none... Anyway I upgraded from a 55 to a 90gallon RR and I kept the 100lbs of live sand that was in the 90. Needless to say I am pretty sure that my seller got rid of it due to losing all his fish to ich although i am just guessing. Point being I took some happy healthy fish and put them in a bigger tank and now I have an ich issue.. But that being said its been about a month. No losses some days look better than others but overall it seems irrelevant as there has never been a change in behavior by any fish. Its crazy.. like my first year in the hobby all over again. but now instead of ich and dead in about 2 weeks they just seem unfazed. although my PBT looks bad.. she is still the queen of the tank. Just wondering how long you guys have fought the good fight before the fish either stopped getting it or died.. Like I said in my previous experience it has been 3 weeks before death. But that was literally years ago.. now it's been like 5 weeks and other than astetics it just seems to be no big deal.
Whats the longest you guys have battled ich.
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Unless you actively treat all of the fish once-and-for-all with copper or hyposalinity, the parasites will just keep falling off, multiplying and reinfecting.
I've had mixed results with hyposalinity despite dropping SG down to 1.008 for 5 weeks. I eventually moved all of the fish into a hospital tank and treated with Cupramine for 4wks and left the display tank fishless for 10wks.
I've had mixed results with hyposalinity despite dropping SG down to 1.008 for 5 weeks. I eventually moved all of the fish into a hospital tank and treated with Cupramine for 4wks and left the display tank fishless for 10wks.
Ich mortality rates vary based on a number of factors .. the overall health of the fish is a factor along with stocking (heavily stocked tanks tend to have higher mortality rates than lightly stocked tanks.
When upgrading tanks where ich is a potential issue you should consider using the new larger tank as a large QT ... leave it a barebottom tank with some PVC pipes for hiding and run the tank at hypo levels.
The old tank may have an ich infested substrate and LR but without a fish for about six weeks any ich within that tank should naturally die off. After six weeks you can safely transfer the substrate and LR to the new tank (after you raise slowly raise the salinity in the new DT).
When upgrading tanks where ich is a potential issue you should consider using the new larger tank as a large QT ... leave it a barebottom tank with some PVC pipes for hiding and run the tank at hypo levels.
The old tank may have an ich infested substrate and LR but without a fish for about six weeks any ich within that tank should naturally die off. After six weeks you can safely transfer the substrate and LR to the new tank (after you raise slowly raise the salinity in the new DT).
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