Are eels ick carriers?

[Damon Jensen]

I have a group of fish in a hospital tank. Once they have gone through the copper treatment, I will move them to a qt. I have a second group that need the copper, which leaves only an eel and inverts in the tank. I would like to put the tank into a fallow period. I was told eels don't do well in copper. So my thought is to put the eel into the clean qt with the first batch on fish.

Can eels be a carrier? I dont want to introduce anything into my clean qt.

 

[Gernader]

I have heard that eels do not carry ich, because they have a lot of mucus and slime on their bodies. Ich need scales to attach to the fish, but eels don’t have scales so they should be fine. For using copper, I know one guy at LFS used coppersafe on an eel and it did go well.

 

[LAReefer4Life]

They do have a thicker slime coat which help them prevent visible outbreaks but they can absolutely carry ich.

 

[Damon Jensen]

I think the plan then is to put the eel in the clean qt with cleaner shrimp hopefully that helps. I dont want to risk the eel in copper

 

[Big G]

I think the plan then is to put the eel in the clean qt with cleaner shrimp hopefully that helps. I dont want to risk the eel in copper

Ways to make sure an eel is not carrying parasites:
CP Chloroquine Phosphate works well for all common parasites: velvet, ich, brook, uronema.
TTM works but not on Velvet or uronema

 

[JoshH]

I think the plan then is to put the eel in the clean qt with cleaner shrimp hopefully that helps. I dont want to risk the eel in copper

You could go with the Tank Transfer Method for the Eel if you wanted to as an alternative

 

[LAReefer4Life]

Hyposalinity and TTM are safe alternative treatments for ich or CP...

Check out this thread below.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/chloroquine-phosphate.192309/

 

[Damon Jensen]

Ways to make sure an eel is not carrying parasites:
CP Chloroquine Phosphate works well for all common parasites: velvet, ich, brook, uronema.
TTM works but not on Velvet or uronema

What about Seachem paraguard? And is that safe to go from qt to dt? I have a lot of sick fish and 2ill have to house them in two tanks while I go fallow

 

[LAReefer4Life]

What about Seachem paraguard? And is that safe to go from qt to dt? I have a lot of sick fish and 2ill have to house them in two tanks while I go fallow

Wont be an effective alternative.

 

[Big G]

What about Seachem paraguard? And is that safe to go from qt to dt? I have a lot of sick fish and 2ill have to house them in two tanks while I go fallow

That's the beauty of CP. All fish, eels, etc. can be treated with it together.