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Unread 12/23/2017, 11:42 AM   #4
Jdub968
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Your correct to a certain degree, a tank and rock that has completely dried out, this will kill ick. The actual fallow time is 76 days this strain of ick was found to be capable of staying encysted for 72 days under controlled conditions then hatching and if no fish Is present dying that is were the 4 extra days comes into the equation.
And finally if a system is ick free and a fish is introduced and comes down with ick that fish brought the parasite into the tank. A fish that is stressed is more susceptible to ick but it has to be present.
If the fish does have ick all fish will have to be Qt'ed and treated the inverts and corals can remain in the DT but it has remain fallow for 76 days. One final note when treating ick the same thing applies to the 76 day fallow period. Here's what I mean the fish will be treated for 30 days in copper chloroquine phosphate or hyposalinity then transferred to a 2 nd sterile qt. the reason is no meds will kill the cysted ick it has to hatch for the meds to kill it. There's one other option and that's ttm and you will need 2 tanks for this that do not share equipment


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