Can you eliminate it or not?

[Colerphon]

After hours of pouring over info on ich. I have read many arguments from professionals etc.etc. but my question is:

Can Ich be eliminated from a tank ENTIRELY if there is no fish for longer than 40 days?

[bluerug]

Yes.

[undertai]

a uv filter or continue to treat for the problem. Then don't introduce any more fish of like 1 month. I don't qt any fish in my tank just temp adjust and add to tank. But I do run uv so I haven't had an outbreak of ich.

[Colerphon]

do you have your uv connected directly inline to your tank?

[undertai]

its not in-line with the return. I have it attached to a pump the sends water through the uv filter and then into my skimmer. Hope you understood that. Its good for algae and dieases.

[kevin2000]

Most UV devices commonly sold by LFS are designed to kill bacteria and algae spoors .. not ich. A UV that can eliminate ich is one which can kill ich why moving about 5X the water volume per hr .. and in many tanks that takes a "big arse" UV.

Heres one of the better discussions on the pro's/con's of UV devices

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=353984

Hope this helps.

[Grins]

yes, but to keep it that way you'll want to be cautious when adding anything new, meaning QT

[Colerphon]

Yeah I made an amateur decision to add a fish to my tank that had ich. I have seen them added and then the ich going away but I have been reading that it doesnt go away it goes into the substrate and then starts to get stronger until Boom.. another attack. So my question is now. Since I dont have a UV if I remove these fish will the tank and the substrate clear itself of the problem or is my whole system doomed?

[Grins]

If you allow your tank to go fallow for 6-8 weeks the parasite won't have a host and should die off.

[wooden_reefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10435252#post10435252 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Colerphon
After hours of pouring over info on ich. I have read many arguments from professionals etc.etc. but my question is:

Can Ich be eliminated from a tank ENTIRELY if there is no fish for longer than 40 days?

I go with six to eight weeks depending on temperature.

Don't forget that all the fish have to be treated against ich at the same time, full six to eight weeks.

[Colerphon]

Thank you guys for the input, one of the fish ended up dying. The other is holding on. I am thinking about taking him out and QT'ing him (which I should have done to begin with) When I QT this fish should I put him in low salinity and add garlic and thats it? What do you recommend?

[kevin2000]

I would recommend QT with hyposalinity ... forget the garlic.

http://www.petsforum.com/personal/trevor-jones/hyposalinity.html

If you leave you DT without fish for about a month the ich within the show tank should naturally die off.

[Colerphon]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10451158#post10451158 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kevin2000
I would recommend QT with hyposalinity ... forget the garlic.

http://www.petsforum.com/personal/trevor-jones/hyposalinity.html

If you leave you DT without fish for about a month the ich within the show tank should naturally die off.


Great link thank you very much.

-Tommy