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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? |
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. |
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?
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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.
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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?
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A cleaner wrasse may help control it, but it will not eradicate it.
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+1, more of a preventative than a curative.
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