Are you ich management?

[MinnieMouse2]

I use to be afraid of it. If your fish and tank is well cared for, it really is nothing. In fact panic will stress the fish out more. I try to limit bringing in fish all the time. I keep mine for years and do not add more in. This keeps disease down. I will not live in fear of something that is seen one or two spots and goes away.

 

[DaddyFish]

I just got done with 11 weeks fallow. It's nice to know ich and velvet are no longer an option.

Sure they are, take a newly purchased, quarantined fish and dump it in your DT. Poof!!! Ich and Velvet.

 

[LPS Bum]

100% eradication. After velvet wiped out almost my entire FOWLR years ago, I have quarantined and prophylactically treated (with copper) every single fish I've put in my FOWLR and my reef ever since.

I do believe you can manage many cases of crypt, but not velvet. It just kills too quickly. Easier for me to run everything through a prophylactic copper treatment in my 29 gallon QT and sleep better at night.

 

[Km2830]

I just buy fish from 1 lFS buy my house UV sterilizer and fresh water dip before they go in my tank been doing this for years.

 

[jmichaelh7]

I just got done with 11 weeks fallow. It's nice to know ich and velvet are no longer an option.

Man you have patience. All to you.

Never heard of critters eating ich. No such thing.

Yeah me neither. that must be the theory of feeding healthy, and stress free enviornment as well.

 

[Isaac_Tang]

I would say just know where you are buying from, I normally see a fish I like for my older set up and I’d know that every Tuesday they get new fish in, I put the fish on hold for a week and after the week I see the fish is eating and look healthy I’d buy them and put them in a baby 9 gal tank and treat with copper just for 3 days and put in the display and never had any problems however I’ve set up a new tank recently and almost all the fish I’ve been getting die out within 3 weeks they die due to velvet or ich so I’m running a full fallout period and I’ve still bought from the same shop when I set up my older system two years ago

 

[tgrick]

If you want fish to live for years then no ick! Eradication is my method.

 

[Hydrored]

Never heard of critters eating ich. No such thing.

Can you post a picture of your tank? I’m curious what a tank looks like from somebody so knowledgeable

 

[Mark Gray]

I have never quarantined, started some time in the 70s. I am sort of bad if I see a sick fish I tend to see if I can buy it cheap, Bring it home throw it in. The only one I worry about is the new one.

 

[Saltees]

I ran my tank fallow for 80+ days, TTM with PARAGUARD/H2O2 all my fishes for full 15 days and running UV 24/7, ICK still managed to creep into my tank. My best guess is through corals additions.

I tried POLYPLAB MEDIC and OCRA LAB RES Q in full strength full course at the first sight of ICK, during which saw my 80% of SPS RTN. Both did kept ICK at relatively low count, but the collateral damage is overwhelming.

Now I just manage ICK with Dr G medicated (CP) food with every addition of new fish and feed daily with TPO pellets soak in TM Lipovit and Immuivit with good results. Still running 80W UV at parasite killing flow rate though.

 

[Crotalus]

I only quarantine for a week or two just to observe the fish's health and eating. I've never tried to keep my tank completely isolated from Ich and I've never had a breakout in the Display.

 

[Squidward]

Can you post a picture of your tank? I’m curious what a tank looks like from somebody so knowledgeable

 

[Paul B]

Is it actually "immunity" if you actually have it? You mean asymptomatic.

I think I will call it immunity. If it is in your tank and your fish never get it for their entire lifespan which could be 10, 20 or 30 years then they are immune.

 

[reefer fro canada]

I mange ich with my own home made all natural cure.No quarrentine

 

[blazn]

After velvet wiped out a well established tank of fish sometime 10+ years ago (introduced by a non-quarantined new fish), I've never put a non-quarantined fish in my DT, as all QT prep is worth not going thru that again. Since then I've always QT treated with Copper & PraziPro.

This year, with a tank upgrade, I purchased multiple fully quarantined fish from Dr. Reef. You still have to go thru the waiting period, while the fish are going thru the quarantine process, but the result was quality, fully healthy fish that went directly into my DT, without risking the health of my existing tank inhabitants. Whether you quarantine them yourself or buy them pre-quarantined from a reputable dealer, I always recommend doing so. Now, if you're already successfully maintaining a tank of healthy fish by "managing" any existing parasite (ich, etc), more power to you and keep up the good work!

 

[WVNed]

I guess it is beyond understanding that you can get to a point where aiptasia and Ich or any other disease never even comes to mind. You can buy what you want and add it to your tank worry free.

 

[angelsandtangs]

I deal with it now .. velvet a whole different animal to skin .. I’ve tried fallow I’ve tried hypo I’ve done copper I’ve done all the reef safe so called treatments I’ve tried metro I’ve done tank increase temps and still have had ick come back .. recently read ick can be airborn ‍.. and yes I had a reef tank fallow for 6 months no new additions at all fish in qt for 2 months copper to a point tangs and angels were getting slight hlle than I had them in a copper free system for 4 months and less than 2 weeks back in the reef pb and purple tang both got ick again so both a big Uv with proper flow and the rest is history ..

And yes I will still qt new fish for 4 weeks just to make sure they are healthy and eating and no Velvet pops up ..

 

[Lyss]

My honest answer is: I quarantined the fish I have in my DT, but I don't quarantine anything else like inverts or corals (corals get dipped). If by some chance I have ich in my tank that rode in on an invert or coral, I have never seen it. I know the inverts I get come from systems that don't house fish, but I can't say that for certain about corals. That said, I'm not afraid of ich -- I am more afraid of velvet or brook. If I saw ich, I wouldn't panic and would only move the fish to treat and fallow if it became clear that escalation was needed. Velvet or brook would be a 5-alarm fire to me, and they are why I QT fish.

Ppl on other threads were making the false comparison to puppies, and my feeling is that if we're going to compare in this way then I think of how I care for my cat -- I'm not rushing him to the vet for x-rays and meds for every little thing. It's not hard to determine what is and isn't something to seek medical treatment for or when something small becomes an issue that needs medical treatment. I care for my fish -- the ones that have been through QT and now live in my DT -- the same way.

IMO we should all be especially concerned with overuse of antibiotics, b/c antibiotic resistance is a very serious global issue.

 

[Squidward]

I deal with it now .. velvet a whole different animal to skin .. I’ve tried fallow I’ve tried hypo I’ve done copper I’ve done all the reef safe so called treatments I’ve tried metro I’ve done tank increase temps and still have had ick come back .. recently read ick can be airborn ‍.. and yes I had a reef tank fallow for 6 months no new additions at all fish in qt for 2 months copper to a point tangs and angels were getting slight hlle than I had them in a copper free system for 4 months and less than 2 weeks back in the reef pb and purple tang both got ick again so both a big Uv with proper flow and the rest is history ..

And yes I will still qt new fish for 4 weeks just to make sure they are healthy and eating and no Velvet pops up ..

You need to try TTM. It has worked amazing for me. Been ich free ever since.

 

[angelsandtangs]

You need to try TTM. It has worked amazing for me. Been ich free ever since.

I forgot I did try that once but not sure I did it right and probably had tanks too close together but nay it didn’t work probably more user error might give it shot again one day but managing it has been pretty easy for me with the headaches and extra work