Ich?
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melypr1985
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agreed. that's ick alright. If your wanting to treat him then you should go ahead and get all the fish out and treat them together. Leave the tank fallow for 76 days and the ick will be gone from your DT. You wont have to worry about it again unless you dont QT new additions. Good Luck! That really is a beautiful angel. 
agreed. that's ick alright. If your wanting to treat him then you should go ahead and get all the fish out and treat them together. Leave the tank fallow for 76 days and the ick will be gone from your DT. You wont have to worry about it again unless you dont QT new additions. Good Luck! That really is a beautiful angel.
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melypr1985
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You probably already know the information contained here, but just in case: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/how-to-treat-ich.191226/
cmanning317
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humblefish.....is it true that marine fish can stress out from many reasons...fighting ect...and break out with ich...regardless of being treated or quarantined???
melypr1985
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I'd like to answer even though this wasn't directed at me. @Humblefish will come along and answer too so no harm no foul.
Ick has to be present in the system to appear on the fish. It's true that stress will cause a fish's immune system to weaken enough for ick to make itself known to us, but it must first be in the system to do that. It's a parasite and doesn't just appear because of stress. Likely if this happens, ick was already in the tank but was being managed by the fish's immune system so that you never saw evidence of it (meaning it fed off the fish inside its gills where you cant see it) until the stressor happened and the ick got the upper hand. You must remember that if ick was ever in your tank and you didn't let your tank go fallow for 76 days, you still have ick. Not to mention it can travel into your tank via rocks, corals, inverts, water from an infested tank. I hope that helps
Kworker
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For what its worth.. I've had a major outbreak of ich in my tank a year and a half ago. One of the fish was my Achilles, he was completely covered for a few weeks while I was trying to "manage it". I think they will be okay until you get home.
melypr1985
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Dang my computer! It's acting all crazy
cmanning317
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ya tapatalk is too...meylpr...thanks...for commenting...I already knew the answer to my question...I was going back and forth with the owner of an.lfs who sells dirty fish...labeled as fully quarantined..and ich free...funny right....and wanted to show how much of an idiot he is ..thank you
melypr1985
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I'd like to answer even though this wasn't directed at me. @Humblefish will come along and answer too so no harm no foul.
Ick has to be present in the system to appear on the fish. It's true that stress will cause a fish's immune system to weaken enough for ick to make itself known to us, but it must first be in the system to do that. It's a parasite and doesn't just appear because of stress. Likely if this happens, ick was already in the tank but was being managed by the fish's immune system so that you never saw evidence of it (meaning it fed off the fish inside its gills where you cant see it) until the stressor happened and the ick got the upper hand. You must remember that if ick was ever in your tank and you didn't let your tank go fallow for 76 days, you still have ick. Not to mention it can travel into your tank via rocks, corals, inverts, water from an infested tank. I hope that helps
^^This. Ich doesn't just appear out of nowhere. It has to be introduced into a tank by a fish carry trophonts, or a coral/invert where a tomont has encysted upon a shell or coral plug or some other hard surface. There is also a small chance of a theront being inadvertently introduced in a droplet of water. But once any of those three scenarios happens, ich is now in the system until you go fallow.
Stress just lowers a fish's immune system, and makes it more likely for the fish to show symptoms of the parasite or possibly even succumb to it.
^^This. Ich doesn't just appear out of nowhere. It has to be introduced into a tank by a fish carry trophonts, or a coral/invert where a tomont has encysted upon a shell or coral plug or some other hard surface. There is also a small chance of a theront being inadvertently introduced in a droplet of water. But once any of those three scenarios happens, ich is now in the system until you go fallow.
Stress just lowers a fish's immune system, and makes it more likely for the fish to show symptoms of the parasite or possibly even succumb to it.
i am assuming mine got ice in the tank from my previous tank from transferring corals over. I didn't realize it would be on the corals or plugs.
So now that all my fish are in QT minus my corals and inverts, after 76 days I should be good to go? This kind of works out as I am about to start a new 75g build Upgrade for me.
Saying that I shouldn't add any existing corals etc until those 76 days have passed into the new 75g tank?
