Ich and what carries it?!

Reefer Rob · #1 03-03-2007, 05:03 AM

It would be easiest to treat your fish in your quarantine tank, and leave your old tank "fishless" for 5 weeks. Anything you bring over before 5 weeks could cause an infestation in your new tank.

Justusfish · #2 03-03-2007, 01:51 PM

Thanks for the help folks. Much appreciated.

bubblepuffer · #3 03-06-2007, 06:34 PM

is that possible Ich come by itself?? My Porcuppine Puffer only show up with Ich problem with he is stress up badly.. when he is happy after some Happy Meal, the ich will gone in 24-72hrs.. it happen couple of time already

BlueNWhite · #4 03-06-2007, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by bubblepuffer

is that possible Ich come by itself?? My Porcuppine Puffer only show up with Ich problem with he is stress up badly.. when he is happy after some Happy Meal, the ich will gone in 24-72hrs.. it happen couple of time already

Unfortunately, this only means that the parasites are already in your tank. Just because the puffer only shows signs of it sometimes, doesn't necessarily mean that the parasite isn't there anymore.

As long as your fish continue eating, most of them should be able to fight them off and return to full health. It's the ich magnet fish like certain tangs that you have to worry about because they tend to have a harder time fighting them off. That's why I will never try another Powder Blue Tang again. I don't want to risk the life of my Angels.

Good luck.

And Justusfish, if you do go through the trouble of quarantining all of those fish, you may as well go a little longer beyond 5 weeks to be safe.

PoonTang · #5 03-06-2007, 09:27 PM

Tangs that are kept in a smaller tank are going to be stressed and therefore going to get ich. Garlic may help.

justinl · #6 03-06-2007, 09:38 PM

garlic seems to work for some, but there is no solid proof of any garlic or garlic based med actually works. I read an article on it a while back. I think the best thing to do is QT all the fish until your display is ich free.

Justusfish · #7 03-07-2007, 04:31 AM

I am taking all the rock out of my 50 gallon and putting in a plastic tub, heating it and leaving all the fish in so I can quarantine for six weeks. I'm going to try hyposalinity method.

After six weeks, I can move them into my new 210 gallon ich-free tank.

But what about my corals? I only have about five: sun coral, xenia, rose anemone, branch daisy coral? What should I do with them?