getting rid of ich

[Kojek]

Hi all,

Have got a ich outbreak and was wondering, if by removing all fishes for a window of 2 months , will it resolve the prob as the parasite does not have a host?

Is there such a thing as a dormant stage, where they (Ich) can survive without a host ?

Cheers

Kojek

[patrick123]

2 months of fishless will eliminate the ich in the tank. However, unless you do hyposalinity on the fish, the fish may still be ich carrier and when you re-introduce them back to the tank, the ich will be re-introduced.

[Zappy Kiwi]

perhaps these articles will help in ur understanding

on marine ich life cycle, treatment, prevention ==>

http://www.petsforum.com/personal/trevor-j.../marineich.html

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-08/sp/index.php

on hyposalinity treatment ==>

http://www.petsforum.com/personal/trevor-j...posalinity.html

on freshwater dip treatment ==>

http://www.petsforum.com/personal/trevor-j...sfwdiptest.html

Good luck in your battle against the ich!! Happen to me once too.. my favourite flame angel perished bcos of ich. Best to remove the fishes and perform hyposalinity on them to cure them of the ich.

[Venezia]

Suggest u run a UV and try to reduce stress to your fishes. Normally, healthy fishes will not have ich outbreak unless triggered by something eg. poor water quality, addition of new lifestock(with poor health?) etc..

Meanwhile u can try feed Dr Bassler's medicated formula from AM for 10 days.

Hope ur fishes get well soon and no casualties