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Aquattro · #1 09-18-2015, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Doug

If the fish one has left beat it and seem to be immune, how long until you can add new fish. Can it hang around forever? Will my immune fish still carry the parasite? And so forth.

I can't read back through all that mess, so I'll pick up here. If you had a fish exposed, and not treated that appears to have developed an immunity, I would not add other fish to the tank with it.
Remove it, treat it, and leave the tank for 3 months. Then add newly QT'ed fish to the system.

Doug · #2 09-18-2015, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro

I can't read back through all that mess, so I'll pick up here. If you had a fish exposed, and not treated that appears to have developed an immunity, I would not add other fish to the tank with it.
Remove it, treat it, and leave the tank for 3 months. Then add newly QT'ed fish to the system.

Good grief. Thats sucks. Maybe I will just keep the few immune fish. Im going to read your thread again.

Doug · #3 09-18-2015, 06:15 PM

I curse who ever gave this to my fish. I have had flatworms and fish die but nothing like this. Its enough to drive one from the hobby.

Aquattro · #4 09-18-2015, 06:23 PM

I got lucky. My "immune" fish jumped out of the tank. I then left it 3 months. Worked out well. Are you attached to that fish??

Doug · #5 09-18-2015, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro

I got lucky. My "immune" fish jumped out of the tank. I then left it 3 months. Worked out well. Are you attached to that fish??

I have three. Two clowns and a bangaii. Its killed all the fish I was attached to, including my 15yr. old percs. No Im not attached to any of them but not sure with the amount of rock I have how to catch them, even with the Bradamatic drain method.

Guess take down the reef also and try not kill to many corals. Mine are to stupid to jump out.

Doug · #6 09-19-2015, 02:45 AM

Im guessing I can treat with cupramine?

Aquattro · #7 09-19-2015, 03:31 AM

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Im guessing I can treat with cupramine?

Apparently. I've never done it, but copper is an effective med. You need to test levels and stuff though, if I recall. No calcareous substrate either. Pretty sure..