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02-09-2012, 04:36 PM
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Kien is right, was thinking about it attaching to things other than fish... So yes, if you got ICH from the coral/rock, it wasn't from that, it was just in the water.
Sorry to hear about your issue, keep the fish happy and stress free and all should be fine. Crossing my fingers for you.
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02-09-2012, 05:17 PM
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Ich can be anywhere that is wet, sand, rock, water, fish, depdening on stages of its life cycle. The following diagram shows the life cycle of ich and normal time it spends on each cycle. In the tomont stage, ich can attach to sand, rock, coral or tank bottom. Also there are some information in the last few years suggest that the tomont stage can last up to 72 days (vs. 28 days in the diagram).
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02-09-2012, 05:40 PM
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Knowing Doofus is the ultimate ich magnet I have been reasonably diligent about quaranting everything wet that goes in the tank but I have become complacent. The corals and rock arrived cold and needed to be dealt with fast.....totally my fault, I knew better and if I lose Doofus I'm not sure I will keep the big tank
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02-09-2012, 05:46 PM
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If it's ich, it's easily treatable with minimum stress to fish. The hard part is that you have to treat all the fish and leave the tank fallow for 8+ weeks. Don't feel bad. I think it all comes down to luck. I don't know of anyone who is quarantining their inverts or corals. I know some quarantine fish.
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