musipilot
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Ok...ich experts, here's one for you.
We use hyposalinity for new arrivals in a quarantine tank, and we haven't had an ich outbreak since.
BUT -- in our large reef tank, there is still some ich present, demonstrated by a purple tang we put in there that became a spotted purple tang in a week. He's out, and in a hospital tank getting cured.
Here's the thing. I want to rid that tank of ich forever, and I figure the only sure fire way is to remove all the fish for 2 months. Tomites dont' eat, they don't live.
Plan is underway, EXCEPT, there are two chromises left in the reef that I can't get at, they have escpaped my tactics for catching them for a week. Here's my question.
The chromises (there were 8, I caught 6) have NEVER shown a single sign of ich, even when tankmates were infected. Everything else has been removed.
If a fish does not contract ich, is there a chance they remain a 'carrier'? In other words, lets say they don't contract ich in the two months I have the tank free of all other fish. Will the ich die off due to a lack of host since these guys seem ich resistant? What do you guys think?
Thanks for reading.
We use hyposalinity for new arrivals in a quarantine tank, and we haven't had an ich outbreak since.
BUT -- in our large reef tank, there is still some ich present, demonstrated by a purple tang we put in there that became a spotted purple tang in a week. He's out, and in a hospital tank getting cured.
Here's the thing. I want to rid that tank of ich forever, and I figure the only sure fire way is to remove all the fish for 2 months. Tomites dont' eat, they don't live.
Plan is underway, EXCEPT, there are two chromises left in the reef that I can't get at, they have escpaped my tactics for catching them for a week. Here's my question.
The chromises (there were 8, I caught 6) have NEVER shown a single sign of ich, even when tankmates were infected. Everything else has been removed.
If a fish does not contract ich, is there a chance they remain a 'carrier'? In other words, lets say they don't contract ich in the two months I have the tank free of all other fish. Will the ich die off due to a lack of host since these guys seem ich resistant? What do you guys think?
Thanks for reading.
