Ich issues AFTER quarantine

[eartaker]

I had a yellow tang that had gotten Ich, because of that I took out all fish to treat them in a QT for 5 weeks. I placed all of the fish back in 3 days ago and now my Hippo Tang is rubbing up on the rocks and I can see a white spot on his fin. I guess I will put them all back in QT for another 5-7 weeks but how can I made sure to KILL it all in my display tank? Thoughts on what to do?

 

[NC2WA]

Welcome to RF !!

I would read the following stickys:

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/f15/quarantine-process-27022/

To answer your question about how to kill Ich in main display...Ich needs a host (that is, a fish) to survive..remove the host and the Ich cycle is killed...therefore you will need to go fallow (fishless) for 6-8 weeks...

Depending on how many fish you have, you may want to stagger the addition of fish from QT to DT after the fallow period.

 

[eartaker]

Hmm, I was Fishless for 5 weeks and the fish were treated with cupramine after It first popped up but guess I should have went longer. I need a bigger QT so I will be getting them out ASAP. I have 6 fish Yellow tang, Hippo tang, Ocellaris Clowns, Royal Gramma, and a Flame Hawkfish. Also a bunch of inverts.

 

[NC2WA]

5 weeks is not long enough...IMO, if you are going fishless just bite the bullet, go 8 wks and there should be no question in your mind it is long enough.

also rule of thumb is 5 gallons of tank water for every 1 inch of fish..

if you plan on using copper, you might want to read this sticky as well:

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/f15/curing-fish-marine-ich-50933/

 

[Chichas01]

5 weeks is not long enough...IMO, if you are going fishless just bite the bullet, go 8 wks and there should be no question in your mind it is long enough.

also rule of thumb is 5 gallons of tank water for every 1 inch of fish..

if you plan on using copper, you might want to read this sticky as well:

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/f15/curing-fish-marine-ich-50933/

Ditto that. 8 weeks is minimum for QT and the fallow period for making sure Ich is not present.

 

[eartaker]

Well the fish will be out of the tank for 8 weeks this time. Also im going to rebuild my tank. I found a guy local getting rid of a larger tank and I would like to use eveything in mine 55 but would also like to kill as many paratites off of everything befor placing it in the new tank. I know people dip there corals but what about rock? Also what could I do for the sand?

 

[Raamiah]

Tangs are very prone to ich especially if stressed and being that you have 2 in a 55 would lead me to think this might be part of the cause. Many people suggest no tangs in a 55 let alone 2. It's good that you're upgrading but you will still need to be careful about the number of tangs and the size of your tank. Personally I have a 75 and will not get any tangs because of tank size and to avoid ich. I'm not trying to tell you how to run your tank or what fish just a possible reason for why you have ich.

 

[mercenary-grunt]

Fresh water rinse in as hot of water that your hands can handle. Id do about a half hour. Cleaner wrass eat the parasite along with cleaner shrimp. I got a magnificent foxface that broke out with ich when I got him in my tank. The way I cured my tank was a cleaner wrass. And haven't seen a single one scence, and that was months ago.

 

[mercenary-grunt]

All fish carry the parasite. But durring stress and low immune they can't fight it. My foxface didn't have ich when I got him. I watched him for a while before I bought him. I believe mine was just the stress of moving.

 

[eartaker]

Raamiah,

Will you be at the next PSAS meeting? Im trying to attend and maybe we can talk more on this. The tank im going to is a 150G and I will def need some help from PSAS memmers to get me going on this tank, as I want to drill it and run a sump.

 

[Raamiah]

I should be if it's moved to the 24th. I'd be happy to help though I'm sure some other members are more knowledgable than I am.

 

[eartaker]

I will take all the help I can get really. I'm not sure on how big of a sump or how it should be built. I have the tools and resources TO build it but need help with design along with the overflows. I would feel beter about it if I had someone to talk to about it in person as they looked at it... Also I'm not sure about adding my current sand/rock as I dont want to bring in crap that I might have already from my learning curve 55g tank.

 

[eartaker]

mercenary-grunt,

thanks for the info, If I had to guess from your name, would you happen to work on Lewis?

 

[Raamiah]

Let me know and I'd be happy to see the setup and help you get the tank up and running. Doesn't have to be the next meeting. Shoot me a PM and we can brainstorm.

 

[eartaker]

Awesome, I shall do once I get it in the house =]