How long to leave quarantine tank alone?

[daniella3d]

your experience is probably because you never got rid of it. Then yes if you don't do something about it, it will always be present living in small number on the fish gill until a stress happen and bang.

I don't have ich, never have, in my main tank because I do a strict quarentine with hyposalinity to kill ick even if a fish look healthy I still do it. It's easy on the fish and a good practice to eliminate lots of parasites and ick.

ich is not the end of the world but it does kill lots of fish and when it grow out of control because of stress, it can wipe out a tank. I have seen it before.

Ich is like fleas on a cat and dog...yes they can live with it, miserably for some, more or less ok for others, but as much as our cats don't have to live with fleas, our fishes don't have to live with ich. At least mine don't.

Originally Posted by MitchM

My experience with Ich is that it is always present.
It can show up on some of my fish if the fish are stressed or if the water quality drops for one reason or another. A return to good quality water conditions makes the symptoms disappear.