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06-29-2008, 03:39 PM
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Dude you're not screwed you need to relax. You need to do some serious reading, ICH is pretty much in everyones tank, different conditiions lead to a fish getting infected.
If you really want to understand what's going on you need to do some research and you will find everything you need. Just search this site and google for marine ich. It is a very well documented aquarium disease. 
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06-29-2008, 04:45 PM
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You can be completely ich free if you don't introduce it again. By leaving the tank fallow for 8 weeks you will have an ich free tank. Then by QTing all the fish that come in you will be sure nver to have it again. Ich needs fish to live and reproduce with out them they will just die out. I've heard some people say that they got an ich outbreak in thier tank cuz the temp went up or down drastically due to equipment failure but that's only because the ich was already there to begin with...
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06-29-2008, 05:18 PM
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This is true, I think I said pretty much every tank, so I realize you could have an ICH free tank. Sorry for the confusion.
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07-04-2008, 01:09 AM
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I'd just like to thank everyone that replied. The fish are eating aggressively now. Everything from the cyclopeeze (thanks for the suggestion ShrimSkin) brine shrimp to mysis shrimp. Also, thanks to fishtime for suggesting the garlic extract. I picked up a bottle at Ocean Aquatics and it's worked wonders. I also believe that they are completely healthy. Both are very active, have good colour, and appear quite happy. They appear to have found a nice little hollow in one of the live rocks and have been cleaning it daily. Thanks again for the help.
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06-29-2008, 05:03 PM
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 For those asking about water quality here it is: Salinity: 1.025 PH: 8.3 Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 2-5 (I find this one hard to read - it's not 0, but it's not higher than 5) Phosphate: ~0.22 I've done some reading on Ich (thanks WhoPoopWrasse) and it appears to be beatable - I just have a crap load of work ahead of me. I'll try and get some pics of the fish today and let you guys and gals see if I really do have Ich or not. The one that rubbed that one time hasn't done so since, and as ShrimSkin pointed out I may have over reacted just a tad  As always, thanks for the help.
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