spsrookie
05/03/2016, 09:50 PM
I am in now way putting down or discontinuing the use of current quarantine methods. I have an idea, not that I want to use, but would like to know if it would hypothetically work.
So ttm is 12 days, transferring fish every 72 hours. I understand why this works, because after the ich falls off, by the time it can cyst and regroup to attack fish, they are already in another tank.
But I am seeing some basic issues, such as making sure the entire tank is 100 percent dry for 24 hours, always seems to be some moisture, especially in small pumps. The other part is wild temp swings with 2 brand new reputable heaters in small water volumes.
Again, just for my own learning experience, but if you place fish in copper, all ich would have to fall off fish within ten days.
So why not place fish in copper for ten days, and then remove fish into sterile tank for observation.
I know copper is stressful, but if copper targets and kills the infectious stage after it hatches out, and the copper wouldn't allow that, why not just have copper, long enough so the ich can fall off the fish, and having no way to reenter the fish, because of cu, move fish and be done treating.
If I understand the cycle, the ones we are worried about are the ones on the fish itself, and the ones waiting to attack. But if copper greets them as they come up to the fish, and we allow enough time for ich to fall off (10 days) why would that not suffice>?
So ttm is 12 days, transferring fish every 72 hours. I understand why this works, because after the ich falls off, by the time it can cyst and regroup to attack fish, they are already in another tank.
But I am seeing some basic issues, such as making sure the entire tank is 100 percent dry for 24 hours, always seems to be some moisture, especially in small pumps. The other part is wild temp swings with 2 brand new reputable heaters in small water volumes.
Again, just for my own learning experience, but if you place fish in copper, all ich would have to fall off fish within ten days.
So why not place fish in copper for ten days, and then remove fish into sterile tank for observation.
I know copper is stressful, but if copper targets and kills the infectious stage after it hatches out, and the copper wouldn't allow that, why not just have copper, long enough so the ich can fall off the fish, and having no way to reenter the fish, because of cu, move fish and be done treating.
If I understand the cycle, the ones we are worried about are the ones on the fish itself, and the ones waiting to attack. But if copper greets them as they come up to the fish, and we allow enough time for ich to fall off (10 days) why would that not suffice>?