White spot paracite

[Justincasha]

Hi,
I've introduced a fish a rabbit fish fox face (in a holding/quarantine tank) and after 2days it was full with white spots, after one day it was clear, eating and swimming well. Now I plan to treat with seachem paraguard for 30days so I will rest my mind that the fish is paracite free. Now my question: in the holding tank I have a sponge filter and some live rock which were seeded with nitrifying bacteria in the display tank before a fish arrival. Now I plan to dry this rock to eliminate any dormant stage of the paracite, before I introduce back to the display tank for nitrifying bacteria build up. Will that be enough? Should I bleach the rock? I like some advise pls

 

[Deinonych]

You don't necessarily need to bleach/sterilize the rock, but you will need to keep it removed from fish for a minimum of 72 days to ensure any encysted parasites have completed their life cycle.

 

[Justincasha]

I can't leave it without fish for that long. Way about drying it? For how long will it be paracite free?

 

[Deinonych]

I can't leave it without fish for that long. Way about drying it? For how long will it be paracite free?

I would do the same period - 72 days - just in case. You'll need to recure it after drying.

 

[Justincasha]

72days of drying out in the sun? I can kill an elephant in that time we're talking about a parasite here.

 

[Deinonych]

72days of drying out in the sun? I can kill an elephant in that time we're talking about a parasite here.

True, but there's no way to know if you killed everything given the porous nature of LR. I'm super-paranoid about crypto, though...maybe someone else will chime in with another suggestion.

 

[wooden_reefer]

Hi,
I've introduced a fish a rabbit fish fox face (in a holding/quarantine tank) and after 2days it was full with white spots, after one day it was clear, eating and swimming well. Now I plan to treat with seachem paraguard for 30days so I will rest my mind that the fish is paracite free. Now my question: in the holding tank I have a sponge filter and some live rock which were seeded with nitrifying bacteria in the display tank before a fish arrival. Now I plan to dry this rock to eliminate any dormant stage of the paracite, before I introduce back to the display tank for nitrifying bacteria build up. Will that be enough? Should I bleach the rock? I like some advise pls

1. If you are not concerned about maintaining the nitrification and other good microbes in your rock from the holding tank, you can bleach it and then rinse it and then sock it for a few days to eliminate the bleach, and get rid of ich (i think this is what you are refering to)

2. If you are VERY SURE that the transfer of rock and sponge was ONE-WAY from DT to holding tank, and NEVER back again after the fish had been introduced into the holding tank, your DT is likely not contaminated. Then you do not need to allow the DT to fallow for 12 weeks.

3. Since you have cycled rock and sponges in DT, you can use some of such to support you fish in QT. Had you cycled your DT well enough so that a portion of the rock in it will support your fish?

4. Just seeding the QT (holding tank) with bacteria is often not enough quantitatively. There may still be insufficient good bacteria in the QT. You should have fed the bacteria in the QT two weeks in advance of using it as a QT.

 

[wooden_reefer]

1. Have you confirmation that Seachem Paraguard will eradicate parasites in 30 days?

2. How are you going to support the fish for this duration?

3. Why are you so eager to sterilize the rock and sponges in the holding tank? Do you plan to use such stuffs to support your fish for the duration of treatment?

 

[Dmorty217]

True, but there's no way to know if you killed everything given the porous nature of LR. I'm super-paranoid about crypto, though...maybe someone else will chime in with another suggestion.

+1 I'm with u all the way on this one. Take the rock out and acid bath it if you can't let the tank go fallow for 72 days. Anything that has been in that tank needs to be completely dry for a hr to ensure the ich has perished. You deal with it once you never want to take ANY chance of dealing with it again.

 

[wooden_reefer]

Unless there is new development, 30 days is borderline duration to eradicate ich, iffy.

 

[Justincasha]

I must have not been well understood. I have live rock that I prepare in my display tank sump to be used in a holding tank when I get a new fish. This will help me insert nitrifying bacteria in the holding tank. When the period of quarantine (only observing fish) is over without any signs of paracite I will re put the LR in my sump. Now I've introduced a fish in the holding tank and I have noticed ich on the 3rd day. (It's been a week) and no signs of ich on it again, but I'm not taking any chances, treating this fish for sure, either with paraguard or fish transfer method ( which I'm still researching out a bit) my question was what shall I do with the live rock that I have in my holding tank to eradicate any parasite that might have fallen from the fish and is encrusted on the live rock, ready to go on the next stage of its life cycle. I am not introducing it back in the sump until I know how to be completely sure it's parasite free. My display tank is 100% ich free and plan to leave it that way after I passed through a great deal of hassle and process when I lost $1200 worth of fish due to ich. :-/ thanks for your feedback guys