Tank Disaster

[daniella3d]

The ick is deeply enkisted in the skin and even a fresh water dip won't kill it. It is only susceptible when in free swimming. so a fresh water dip won't kill ich from your fish, it only appear to be.

Originally Posted by lukep

All I know is that was 3 months ago and I have not had it in my tank since and the clown is perfectly alive and happy. And before the dip he was white as snow and breathing very heavily. So now I make this dip for all my fish before placing them in my aquarium, no ich and no deaths in three months. Either way bacteria/parasite the ich didnt make it through the dip alive. I have tried freshwater dips in past and not had any great results. I am not saying its the way, but as a last resort maybe.....

[MMAX]

Finally caught the zebra last night so my 100gal is now fishless. I'm happy to report that my 2 clowns have made a full recovery.These guys are troopers and have been through alot. Would have been sad to loose them as I have had them for a long time. I'll keep them in my 2.5gal hospital tank for a little while yet just to make sure they're good. I guess I can rebuild the rockwork in my display and begin the long wait now.

[Wayne]

Congradulations! Glad to see things are on an upward swing

[MMAX]

I guess it's time to re-open this thread. It's been just under 3 months since my velvet outbreak and my 100 gal has been fishless for this time period (just under 3 months meaning a matter of about a week). The survivors have been doing great in my 20 gal. A week ago during a water change I took a couple of gallons of water from my display and added it to my quarentine...so far so good and everyone's well. Do I chance it and place at least my clowns back into the main tank? From what I've read in here it probably won't be a gamble and everything should be ok. Any thoughts or suggestions?

[daniella3d]

3 months fishless should be ok, especialy if you did a test and added water from the main tank to the QT and everyone is ok.

Just to be on the safe side, you can wait another 2 weeks for a total of 21 days to see if the clown develop another outbreak but I would really doubt it.

How long does this stuff survive?? I read 8 weeks would do it?

Originally Posted by MMAX

From what I've read in here it probably won't be a gamble and everything should be ok. Any thoughts or suggestions?

[MMAX]

So here's the finished product...again. Water change today, a quick clean-up and the 5 fish back in. 3 months fishless was a long time. Here's a few pics.





And the zebra darts hiding and nowhere in sight like usual.

A couple of FTS pics for good measure