How Long?? (ich)

Discussion in 'ASAP' started by surf rat425, Mar 16, 2009.

to remove this notice and enjoy 3reef content with less ads. 3reef membership is free.

  1. surf rat425

    surf rat425 Plankton

    Joined:
    Feb 8, 2009
    Messages:
    3
    Ich wiped out a coral beauty, scopas tang, and a clownfish, tried the chem-marin and fresh water dips... Anyways the params are stable, how long before the ich goes away?? Does it lay dormant?? Ill def. be waiting a while before adding any additions.
     
    surf rat425, Mar 16, 2009
    surf rat425, Mar 16, 2009
    #1

    2. Click Here!

  2. missionsix

    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

    Joined:
    Sep 25, 2007
    Messages:
    5,734
    Location:
    Bend,Oregon - USA
    We'll need to know more about your system and parameters.
    And without beating a dead horse, here are some threads from a search.
    http://www.3reef.com/forums/search.php?searchid=282590
    I prefer not to do anything. A healthy stable environment coupled with happy/healthy fish need no help fighting off parasites and other stressful situations.
     
    missionsix, Mar 16, 2009
    missionsix, Mar 16, 2009
    #2
  3. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

    Joined:
    Jul 9, 2008
    Messages:
    5,958
    Location:
    Chesterfield, VA
    ich dies after 2 months i think. with out any fish it cant reproduce.
     
    sostoudt, Mar 16, 2009
    sostoudt, Mar 16, 2009
    #3
  4. Stingray

    Stingray Blue Ringed Angel

    Joined:
    Mar 28, 2008
    Messages:
    1,555
    Location:
    West Midlands,UK
    Depending on the size of your tank, get yourself a cleaner shrimp or two, and soak all your fish food in garlic, plus pristine water conditions, these are all i have ever needed in the fight against ich, i have no quarantine, and its always worked for me when a outbreak as started to happen, i understand there is a wrasse that will eat the parasites off the fish also, can't remember what it's called...
     
    Stingray, Mar 16, 2009
    Stingray, Mar 16, 2009
    #4
  5. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

    Joined:
    Jul 9, 2008
    Messages:
    5,958
    Location:
    Chesterfield, VA
    cleaner wrasse lol
     
    sostoudt, Mar 16, 2009
    sostoudt, Mar 16, 2009
    #5
  6. Stingray

    Stingray Blue Ringed Angel

    Joined:
    Mar 28, 2008
    Messages:
    1,555
    Location:
    West Midlands,UK

    Lol doh
     
    Stingray, Mar 16, 2009
    Stingray, Mar 16, 2009
    #6

    7. Click Here!

  7. Tangster

    Tangster 3reef Sponsor

    Joined:
    Aug 16, 2006
    Messages:
    5,644
    Location:
    Va/Ct
    are you sure the specks where Cryptocaryon ? Ich really seldom kills fish that where healthy to start with and then it takes awhile to pull them down enough to cause death..

    It could have been Oodinium aka Marine Ich, Velvet or Coral Fish Disease and Brooklynella aka Clownfish Disease that also become parasitic to fish at one stage in their life cycle all white specks are not ich or Crypto..
     
    Tangster, Mar 16, 2009
    Tangster, Mar 16, 2009
    #7