ich survivors and re-stocking question

sneeyatch · 06/11/2006, 11:00 AM

i dealt with a long battle with ich and lost my 2 clowns, mandarin and a powder blue tang. the survivors are a lawnmower blenny, a small green chromis and a six-line wrasse.

i know the waiting period for a fallow tank, but what about a "survivor" tank? same time period? a little longer?

thanks

cristhiam · 06/11/2006, 06:06 PM

I lost all my fish but one due to ich, I had one survivor (damsel), I waited 5 to 6 weeks and introduce new fish and I got ich again, now I'm using a QT and doing hypo so far 4 weeks into it and no signs of ich. my main tank is 5 weeks without any fish. I think you might want to QT and treat all your fish and wait the 4 - 6 weeks without fish in your main tank.

kevin2000 · 06/12/2006, 09:13 AM

Not sure I understand your question ? Normally the "fallow tank" is the show tank that is left without fish. Not sure what the "survivor tank" is. If the survivor tank is the QT tank then then hopefully your treating with either copper or hyposalinity which kills off the ich within that tank. While the treatment period for either copper or hypo may be shorter than the 5-6 week "fallow period" you still need to keep the fish in the QT until your ST has cured itself.

06/11/2006, 11:00 AM	#1
sneeyatch Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 1,312	ich survivors and re-stocking question i dealt with a long battle with ich and lost my 2 clowns, mandarin and a powder blue tang. the survivors are a lawnmower blenny, a small green chromis and a six-line wrasse. i know the waiting period for a fallow tank, but what about a "survivor" tank? same time period? a little longer? thanks __________________ - Todd It's often the saddest of us working our hardest to make everyone laugh Current Tank Info: Tankless

06/11/2006, 06:06 PM	#2
cristhiam Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Groveland, FL Posts: 3,099	I lost all my fish but one due to ich, I had one survivor (damsel), I waited 5 to 6 weeks and introduce new fish and I got ich again, now I'm using a QT and doing hypo so far 4 weeks into it and no signs of ich. my main tank is 5 weeks without any fish. I think you might want to QT and treat all your fish and wait the 4 - 6 weeks without fish in your main tank. __________________ 2 yellows tail damsels, yellow watchman goby, tail spot blennie, purple pseudocromis, starry blennie, 2 clowns, 1 black clown, mandarine & Yellow tang Current Tank Info: 125 AGA, 3 40W 6500K, 3 110W URI Actinics, running on 2 IceCaps 660, CSS125

06/12/2006, 09:13 AM	#3
kevin2000 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,805	Not sure I understand your question ? Normally the "fallow tank" is the show tank that is left without fish. Not sure what the "survivor tank" is. If the survivor tank is the QT tank then then hopefully your treating with either copper or hyposalinity which kills off the ich within that tank. While the treatment period for either copper or hypo may be shorter than the 5-6 week "fallow period" you still need to keep the fish in the QT until your ST has cured itself.