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help with live rock switch?

post #1 of 8
2/3/12 at 10:07am
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my gf's tank has ick and all her fish died and she bought a new tank and was wondering if she can put her live rock from her tank to the new one she bought?

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post #2 of 8
2/3/12 at 10:13am

Are you wanting to put the lr into an already established tank with fish in it? Because I would leave the rock in a tank fishless for 8 weeks.

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post #3 of 8
2/3/12 at 10:20am
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no the new tank isnt setup yet, was going to put water and the salt in soon, and buy a peice of lr at the lfs to cycle, but was saying can i just put the lr from the other tank in there while it cycles? also since i had ich would it be brought with the lr i put in the new tank?

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post #4 of 8
2/3/12 at 11:09am
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post #5 of 8
2/3/12 at 11:09am

Id leave either the old tank or new tank lifeless for 6-8weeks.... someone might change that time but thats how long it takes for the disease to go through its life cycle and die out.

 

When it comes time to switch tanks, u just add all the LR at once in the begining, most benefical bacteria is located in ur filter media!

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post #6 of 8
2/3/12 at 11:19am
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thanks, so one question will her feather duster , emerald crab, hermit crabs and star carry the ick if i take them and put them in my tank?

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post #7 of 8
2/3/12 at 11:55am

anythign wet can transport ich.

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post #8 of 8
2/3/12 at 1:06pm

+1 the ich is in the water so anything in the water should be treated as it has it... imo 

Im not sure that ur inverts are subject to it but it can still carry it, if that makes any sense lol...

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 anythign wet can transport ich.

 

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