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03-18-2006, 07:12 PM
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Ich's life cycle
I purchased a firefish about 2 weeks ago.
He had a few small spots on him that i presumed were ich. He went in to QT and i began hypo, But the question is? It's been 2 weeks and the spots are still there. My understanding of ich tell's me they should have dropped by now. Is my understanding wrong?
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03-18-2006, 07:32 PM
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Do a search on the board on the subject of Ich. There is reams of published information on the subject.
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03-18-2006, 08:22 PM
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But im wondering about the actuall hosting phase. Which from what ive seen generally last about a week. I'm thinking maybey ive misdiognozed and it's something other then ich. Because from my understanding if it was Ich it should have finished the hosting stage by now.
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03-18-2006, 09:06 PM
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hypo kills ich while its in the egg stage laying in the sand or rocks ,the lower salinity causes them to burst and stops the cycle,so first of all the sg must be at 0.009 or lower because at 0.010 it still can reproduce,so while the ich is still on your fish it has to drop off wich i think can be between 3-7 days and if its in the swimming form thats 3-5 days also,so once the sg is low enough wait a good 3 weeks to be safe then raise it up.
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03-18-2006, 10:16 PM
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I believe ich stays on the host fish for under seven days. You might have something else going on with the fish. Any pics?
Here are two excellent page on ich and its treatment.... http://www.petsforum.com/personal/tr...marineich.html http://www.petsforum.com/personal/tr...osalinity.html
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