Ich off LR

[Hairul Hakim]

Hi All,

just wanted to check if we do dry out/sun our LR and sand, that was previously in a tank that has LS with ich,

how long do we need to dry it out to kill off the remaining ich (if theres any).

[Hairul Hakim]

And also, im 100% sure, one of my rock has a very huge bristle ( about at least 3 inches), part of body was still in rock.

it was biting my yellow tang the other day, and my yellow tank looked semi paralysed at that point (didn't swim away to get away from the bristle)

however, I already took out the LR with the worm in it, its been drying out for 3-4 days now, YT seems to be ok and perfectly healthy.

Is there any way for me to remove the dead worm in it (pretty sure its dead after so long being dried out in the sun),

or is it ok to just put it back in the DT and let it decompose out?)

[Hairul Hakim]

Hi need some help for ich. My yellow tang and gramma seems to be having ich. Will set up a qt tank for them soon as my dt has shrimps in it and can't use any medications.

Any feedback from fellow reefers as to what's the best form of medication?

Tried the freshwater dip before, didn't seem to work.

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[blusafe]

Knowledge is your best tool against ich. Freshwater will not kill the ich buried inside your fish's skin. Thinking quarantine is on the right track, but you need more. Copper and formalin are the only proven medications but they both have major drawbacks. Bucket transfer is the only proven 100%, non-chemical solution. Read my post here:

100% dryness will kill ich at all life stages. However, you still have the parasites on your fish, and the cysts attached to any other surfaces in the DT (any sand grains, tank surface, powerheads, etc.) In my opinion, desiccating rock and sand is not a viable treatment.

I'm not sure about drying rock to "treat" bristleworms or their eggs. Those are tough creatures. If your tank has LR, your tank has bristleworms. No way going about this unless you boil/cook your rock and sand. You are better off with other methods such as the pantyhose trap.

[Hairul Hakim]

Thanks for the link. Will go through it

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[ARMOURSHRIMP]

I used to have a Lr with b worm.. i took out out the Lr ... put it in a pail without water .. sunlight about 3-4 hours per day.. for 2 days ... tot is dead ... but after i put the rock back back to the tank.. monitor for about 40mins.. n see the fellow head coming out...yet agian..

[Bulldozer]

Better if pour Boiling Water onto Rock and Soak Rock in Boiling water ?

[Digiman]

I do not encourage boiling your liverocks (LR) as it will cause it to become dead rocks.

Then in the first place do not buy LT, just go for GO artificial rocks is better.

You do not boil LR to remove ich because the ich is present in every part of your tank including your livestocks. Once you put the dead boiled rocks back to the tank, the ich will start attaching themselves to the rocks again.

People boil the rocks because they want to remove hitchhikers in the rocks. However that is a very drastic measure and you do not use it unless necessary. A better approach would be to leave your LR in a pail for a few hours. When the LR is out of water, most hitchhikers will crawl out of the rock within hours.

As for your ich problem, its part and parcel of this hobby. Learn to live with it and learn from it. My only advice now is to STOP adding any new fishes. Catch out the yellow tang and royal gramma if you can and put them in a QT and dose a low level of cupramine, lower than the suggested dosage is safer and at same time effective.

But if you can't catch them out it is fine, just do regular water change (to maintain high water quality), feed a variety of high quality food that can boost immunity (like Dr Bassler pellets), and most importantly STOP adding new fishes. Both yellow tang and royal gramma are two hardy species that can overcome ich on their own if they are kept healthy and strong. So just wait it out. It usually takes about a month or two. Patience is the key in this hobby!