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[daniella3d]

YOu said it jumped out? it could be just pimple from the mucus drying or pealing off. It may be something else than ich.

I am a bit skeptical that this could be ich if you really did all this quarantine. I think the longest time an ich cyst can live is 72 days, but not sure about velvet.

Originally Posted by apex82

Lost all 14 of my live stock 2 months ago to a combo of ich and velvet in 3-4 days. After this, I setup a qt and let the display tank go fishless for 7 LONG ass weeks. All that was in there was some cleaner shrimp, crabs and corals.

Got a nice 6" aussie harlequin tusk and put him in chelated copper (coppersafe) 1-2ppm quarantine for 4.5 weeks. Fattened him up, super healthy so relocated him into the display tank on the day of the 7th week.

Everything was great, things were going well. One week in, he jumps out one night and I barely save his life.... 2 days later F***** ICH! Seriously? What did I do wrong? Surely waiting an extra week to make it 8 full weeks wouldn't have made all the difference? I am choked... I cant leave the display tank fishless for 8 weeks again...

Just a heads up for all practicing good qt.... I am assuming 7 weeks was not sufficient? I am stumped.

[MMAX]

I went fishless for 12 weeks to kill the velvet in my tank. 7 weeks may not have been long enough.

[apex82]

12 weeks..... damn I thought it was damage from the fall at beginning but I see the salt sprinkles spreading to body and more on the fins everyday... He also sits and tries to coax the cleaners to clean him but they are too scared of him. I am not losing this guy... back to the qt i guess. How long in a steady solution of copper kills ich? 2 weeks? As long as he is stress free I dont see the ich coming back. I built mesh covers so he cant ever jump out again.

[Slick Fork]

That's really strange that 7 weeks in copper didn't take care of the ich.... Maybe try hyposalinity this time around.

[daniella3d]

Don't be so quick to assume it is ich just because it's covered with white dots. May be some skin reaction to the drop and little patches of dry mucus. YOu may see it like it's spreading and growing while it may only be that some skin is pealing off later on.

I would give the fish a week or so and see what happens. It is nearly impossible that after a copper treatment and 12 weeks you would still have some ich. Did you desinfect nets and containers? How can it possibly have survived?

Originally Posted by apex82

12 weeks..... damn I thought it was damage from the fall at beginning but I see the salt sprinkles spreading to body and more on the fins everyday... He also sits and tries to coax the cleaners to clean him but they are too scared of him. I am not losing this guy... back to the qt i guess. How long in a steady solution of copper kills ich? 2 weeks? As long as he is stress free I dont see the ich coming back. I built mesh covers so he cant ever jump out again.

[shaunnyg]

this may be a stupid suggestion, but have you tried UV running on your main tank/qt tank to kill free swimming ich? Its worked for me in the past, well worth the investment, considering livestock loss etc.