Ich resistant fish?

csb123 · Sep 16, 2016

Currently, at the tail end of a first time Ich outbreak, I'm considering doing and Ich management reef. This is for several reasons, and may change in the future.

I was wondering which reef safe fish are considered Ich resistant?

I'm not adding any fish till I see that all of my survivors have recovered and are fat and healthy.

Any new additions will get TTM and QT to avoid any new species of Ich being introduced.

Thank you for your input!

Humblefish · Sep 16, 2016

IME; wrasses, clownfish, damsels, gobies, rabbitfish, cardinalfish, dragonets and eels are all ich resistant species. Generally speaking.

Breakthecycle2 · Sep 16, 2016

You probably are doing yourself and the fish a disservice. Just take care of the ich now and later you won't have to worry about what fish to get.

4FordFamily · Sep 16, 2016

Velvet is the problem, ich pales in comparison and its every bit as prevalent. Once you have that it's too late.

Elementalj · Sep 16, 2016

Breakthecycle2 said:
You probably are doing yourself and the fish a disservice. Just take care of the ich now and later you won't have to worry about what fish to get.

Fallow fallow fallow.

Elementalj · Sep 17, 2016

If you have a presence at the LFS they might quarantine them for you. [emoji6]

theblackpearl · Sep 17, 2016

Always qt your fish before putting them in your system

I have a yellow tang that has ick twice 5 years ago.....now he is fat and healthy

csb123 · Sep 17, 2016

Thanks for the advice folks! My problem is I just don't have any place to put a 55 gallon tank for 76 days to house the fish.

coral_menagerie · Apr 11, 2023

So is it possible to go fallow with one inch resistant fish left in the system? It's been several weeks since I lost all the rest of the fish, but this diamond gobie still shows no signs of ich.