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mattr 04-17-2013 10:42 PM

Ich/Ick in tank
 
So I just learned that ich/ick also lives in the sand bed of a tank not only on a fish.
If this is true does it also live in the live rock? I have great little critters in my live rock and I want to put them in my other tank but will I be infecting my other tank with the parasite?
My new tank is completely clean.

also is it ich or ick?

Cal_stir 04-17-2013 11:25 PM

Ich has 4 stages in its life cycle, one stage is dormant and it can remain in that stage for months on your rock and in your sand.
A tank must remain fish free for @ 80 days to ensure the life cycle is complete and the ich is gone.

mattr 04-18-2013 04:09 AM

so if i remove the fish and treat them. I can just leave all my inverts in the tank with all the live rock and critters and the ick will die off?

Cal_stir 04-18-2013 08:55 PM

Yes, the ich will continue its cycle and as long as there are no fish for it to host it will cycle through and be gone, this can take up to 2 months.

mattr 04-18-2013 10:59 PM

Iv heard that I can get a cleaner wrass.. will that kill it all off? or will i still have some kind of a cycle in my tank?

AquaPin 04-18-2013 11:36 PM

A cleaner wrasse may help control it, but it will not eradicate it.

Cal_stir 04-18-2013 11:57 PM

+1, more of a preventative than a curative.


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