ICH!!!!!

[Seth81]

For me it was simply ignorance... I simply did not know that there wasn't an effective reef safe cure for Ich. I have lots of freshwater experience, so when there was Ich present it was no problem to dump in some coppermine. But the moment I saw Ich in my reef tank I was pretty suprised that in 2012 there still is no effective reef safe cure.

I can't believe that people couldn't be bothered to spend $150 on a QT system, but will spend $1000's on fish. I guess part of the problem is that we all want to take home that cool looking fish and put it in our display tanks right away and not in the small QT tank for two weeks.

But I for one will be following QT procedures in the future. I just hope that the Ich in my system will fully dissipate. Any thoughts on if you don't see Ich for 2- 3 months if it will actually be gone? or still be present just waiting for a weak immune system?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Seth81

Any thoughts on if you don't see Ich for 2- 3 months if it will actually be gone? or still be present just waiting for a weak immune system?

Always going to be there, apparently. Only way to get rid of it is to leave the tank empty for some amount of time, then QT and treat all incoming livestock.