True or False: It takes 6 weeks for ICK to die

[stupid_naso]

I have read, and have been told that ich will die when it's not hosted, after six weeks, for sure. Now what makes me ask this question is my lfs. They, or actually one person who work there, told me that ich will never die, it'll remain in your tank unless the temperature fluctuates or something. It won't do anything, but it will still be there. They said that I should keep cleaner shrimp in order to prevent ick from infecting my fishes again.
My tank, well actually my fish was infected and died because of ich March 1, and I have kept a fish free tank ever since. I know that the exact date will be April 12 for it to be six weeks. But I just want to make sure. I don't want to introduce fishes to an ich infested tank. I'm planning to add a pair of false percs into my tank.
So can anyone help explain a little further about this?
Thanks,
stupid_naso

 

[beth]

The 6 week timeframe will be perfectly fine. Ick, like all living things, must eat. Its food is fish tissue. In the absence of fish, ick will die.
What type of tank do you have? It is a FO then you could do hyposalinity in the tank to ensure that all the ick is erradicated.

 

[stupid_naso]

anthem, that's what my lfs was saying, it's going to stay dormant in my tank. I understand perfectly that it should die without a host. So by now I hope it dies already. I just want to be safe.
I don't have a quarantine, nor do I have a hospital tank so I won't quarantine my new fishes. I hope I will setup one pretty soon. I know I shouldn't merely rely on my lfs for this, but my lfs stocks are clean. So far, my friend and I, have been buying fishes from them and we haven't experienced any problems. I think my fish got ich because I accidently poured another lfs' water into my tank with snails, which I think was infested with ich.
Beth, I have started with corals late last month. So I cannot really do hypo, besides I have been having a cleaner shrimp and snails anyway. I know hypo will help or kill ich, I just don't have the right equipment .
Thanks for the response.
stupid_naso

 

[stupid_naso]

anthem, first congrats for being a shark.
Ok, enough about that, now I'm actually confused about what you were saying about doing quarantine for my new fish. What do you mean by the 30 day wait wasn't for much? The 30 day fish absence was done in order to kill the ich, what's that got to do with the new fishes?
I wasn't going to quarantine my new fish, because I thought I have to setup another 10 gal tank, which is not available. Knowing that I can do it with a rubbermaid container, airstone (btw where can you get this?), and heater, I actually am willing to do it, if I see the actual purpose of it, other than preventing diseases, if there is any, from the new fishes from coming into my tank. But if I'm certain that there isn't any diseases from the new fish why would I quarantine?
"I don't see the point of going to the effort you did to eradicate it from your main tank and not follow through on it. It doesn't make any sense, as it looks like you'll be repeating the process quite often. . . ."
How is doing quarantine on my new fishes a follow-up to the act of eradicating the ich from my tank? And what do you mean by I will be repeating the process quite often? Do you mean that I'll be dealing with ich all the time just because I don't quarantine?
Further explanantion will be greatly appreciated .
stupid_naso

 

[stupid_naso]

anthem, it's stupid_naso not blondenaso .
Thanks for the explanation. Several questions, you said that you can quarantine a fish in a rubbermaid container, for a month??? Isn't that kind of cruel?
And let's see if I get this right, Terry. The only way that ich can get into your tank is from outside, for example infected fishes. It cannot just somehow begin its life cycle in the tank. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
I don't want to sound like an irresponsible hobbyist, but all I have is a ten gal tank, and I cannot possibly fit another one in my room for a q tank. And I'm not allowed to put any tank outside my room.
I am considering to buy an eclipse six system or something small like that. Will that be sufficient for h and q tank?
Thank you very much .
stupid_naso

 

[stupid_naso]

I didn't think of rubbermaid that big . Anyway will the six gal be ok?

 

[stupid_naso]

I am aware about the difficulty of keeping a small tank, but so far it's been great. Sometimes I think why do people think it's a very hard thing to keep, some even say it's ridiculously hard to keep. It's been stable for the past five months. And yes, I am aware of what to put in my tank, what fish I should put into it. I had only one fish in my ten gal tank. I normally consult things before I do them here first anyway, so no need to worry .
anthem, the only concern about getting another ten is the room it will take. And the money too. A six gal eclipse system will cost me in between 30-50 bucks. I'm affraid that getting a ten or even 20 gal tank, will cost me more. Powerhead ($20), heater($10), lighting($30), filter($20), total of about $80.
Terry, thanks for the reminder and book recommendation. I have been reading so many books and websites. Sometimes I think I spend too much time doing that . Thanks again.
stupid_naso

 

[lionpicasso]

Terry you said not to put tangs in a 10gal QT,
I asked questions regarding QT tangs and everybody told me that a 10gal would work for a
tang???