ich, hermit, and LRLS

[dogman]

Just lost my last fish to ich, all I have is hermit crab LRLS. This is a 25 eclipse, which I want to make a QT. Want to move hermit LRLS to 70 Gall. tank which has been up for 1 wk. Is this ok,or could the ich follow the hermit and LRLS? Thanks to all and to the person that answered my first post.

 

[reefj13]

There is no problem in moving the hermit crab. The lr has a incredibly small chance of carrying the ich, but I would not worry about it. If the ich does transfer with the lr it would be like winning the lottery, in a bad way.

 

[beth]

Even so, would it matter? I don't think he has fish in the larger aquarium yet as its only been up for a wk....as long as fish was not added in either aquarium for a month?

 

[dogman]

Thanks to all who replied. Yes, you were in time, thank you all very much. I do have 3 fish in the 70gal. as of today sun. tank up since last sun. all readings are perfect ph, amonia, nitrite, and nitrate.
I added in to the tank this past tuesday the 10th a 48 hr.cycle product made by tropical science, so far so good I will keep you posted.Just found a tropical science marine max as a disease prevention. I just tried it today , will let you know how it works. From what I understand these products are new.

 

[dogman]

Thanks Terry B. So to understand, leave the LR,and LS with the hermit in the 25gal. for 1 mth. Then I can move all to the 70gal. and keep the 25 eclipse as a QT. with a bare bottom. Thanks to all you have been extremely helpful.