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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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#2
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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02-09-2012, 06:41 PM
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Garlic Ich treatment
You know the drill Marie but for the benefit of others.
Take some dried food and soak it for 10 minutes in garlic extract (from the health food store) or Garlic Extreme from the LFS. Dried because it will absorb more garlic than wet food. Feed very often. The idea is to get as much garlic into the fish as fast as possible. Continue feeding for a couple of weeks even though the spots are gone. Good Luck. I am she he will make it. Wayne
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#6
02-09-2012, 07:28 PM
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OMG Marie Im so Sorry, I hope Doofy is going to be ok.
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