ich update
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ColaAddict
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+1. Ich is really easy, if it's made its way to Display tank, just keep fishes fat and happy and they usually do fine. Could be other stuff. I haven't lost any fish to ich in years.
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madjoe
Premium member
Yea i didnt want to be first to say that first though lol . I dont even worry bout ich if fish r dieing good chance its something else
Sawdonkey
Premium member
I'll say it. I've lost a lot of fish to ich in the past. I've had tanks since 1999 and have had a couple of whole-tank wipe outs (except Gary because he is bulletproof). I don't buy the feed heavy, keep happy method. I'm sure it works for some, but never for me. Once it showed up, fish start dying......unless I QT with copper quickly after i noticed it. I take NO chances with ich.
icedearth15324
TeamCR
I agree with this. Sure the fish can live with it if they were already super fat and healthy when they got ich, but why make them deal with it when you can just QT them for a few weeks and then let them back in.
madjoe
Premium member
This is true it can kill them and im not saying dont treat i treat in tank with the metro focus method works well takes bout a month most time only one that dies and thats rarely is the new bastard that brought it in in first place . Ive found leaveing the old guys be and not stressing them with nets and new unstabile prameters better there odds just my findings over the yrs hell ive even gone as far as takeing the new guy out that brought it in and flushing the bastard and saw fish get better in few days without the stressed new sick guy in there . No body ever agrees with my methods at first but few that do it never go back and keep there tanks stocked hell we dont even aclimate just chuck the dam thing in tank . Again jmo and everyone has there ways of doing it . In the end dont matter what way u do it if the fish survives its a right way that we can agree on im guessing
+1 Sawdonkey!
I removed all fish from DT, started a 12 week coral only tank on the 18th. Tried to beat the system, with 72 watts of UV on a 150 (each 180gph flow), so 200k UV exposure tank turn 2x/hr, fish eating, garlic, vitamins, fat, etc. Knowing what happened before, and seeing spots again, said I needed to rip off the bandaid. I kept telling myself that they were too hard to catch, let's see what happens, and they kept eating, but, progressively more spots. It was actually pretty easy to catch, even the 6-line, I put a 12x8" net in the tank overnight, and didn't feed them for 24 hours, then dropped food in the net, all caught pretty painlessly without tearing up the tank.
I'm sure that others have had success with living with ick, but, I'd rather take the 12 week penalty one and done. Have 10 healthy, fat ick free fish in copper in a 28G and 14G QT tank, that are looking forward to returning to their 150G home once it's ick free.