What else should I be testing?

MarkoD · #1 04-30-2011, 01:40 PM

i now have a quarantine tank going. currently have 3 fish in there and they have been in there a week.

anything specific i should be looking for?

plutoniumJoe · #2 04-30-2011, 09:44 PM

If they are healthy, then it is just a waiting game. Your reef should remain empty of all fish for 6-8 weeks so that the ich does not have a host. Then you can transfer the fish from the hospital tank into the main. Make sure they are fat and healthy as even this move will stress them. Keep up the garlic and selcon even after the transfer.

MarkoD · #3 04-30-2011, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by plutoniumJoe

If they are healthy, then it is just a waiting game. Your reef should remain empty of all fish for 6-8 weeks so that the ich does not have a host. Then you can transfer the fish from the hospital tank into the main. Make sure they are fat and healthy as even this move will stress them. Keep up the garlic and selcon even after the transfer.

i cant keep my tank empty of fish, i have the three fish in there living currently that would be impossible to catch. but none of them have been showing any symptoms for over a week now

e46er · #4 04-30-2011, 10:07 PM

Then the ich will still be in your tank
I had to take my entre tank apart to catch my fish for QT

MarkoD · #5 04-30-2011, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by e46er

Then the ich will still be in your tank
I had to take my entre tank apart to catch my fish for QT

im running a UV sterilizer on the tank now. wont that kill the free floating ich in a few weeks?

dsaundry · #6 05-01-2011, 12:45 AM

I feel your pain!

plutoniumJoe · #7 05-01-2011, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by MarkoD

im running a UV sterilizer on the tank now. wont that kill the free floating ich in a few weeks?

It will reduce ich that is in the water column but even if a fish does not show signs of Ich it can still be a host (I think) and therefore you will be simply re-introducing you fish into a tank that has ich present. Some believe that this is all tanks! If you fish are strong enough and have a strong immunity system they should be able to fight it. Otherwise you are back where you started.