ICK Advice

[Carl Cardarelli]

I understand you should treat Ick for one month with copper in your tank (display), my questions is I have 2 marine fish one a trigger and one goby. Both had ick its been 14 days in quarantine with Coppersafe , there is no more visible ick that I can see on both of them. I was wondering if I gave them a fresh water dip for 5 minutes to make sure they were clean can they go in to my display tank or should I leave them in Coppersafe for 30 days both have been eating great!!!!

Thanks for your time and advice!

Carl

 

[fishguy242]

hi,i am going to say no. lets get some experts opinions #reefsquad

 

[DSEKULA]

Were the fish with ich ever in the dt? If the dt was infected it needs to sit fallow for 72 days, if not it and you havent seen any ich signs for 14day (14days since last spot not since beginning treatment) you might be ok. The fresh water dip is inconsequential, it gives some temporary relief to fish that have ich but wont really prove their ich free or treat them if their not.

 

[KrisReef]

I understand you should treat Ick for one month with copper in your tank (display), my questions is I have 2 marine fish one a trigger and one goby. Both had ick its been 14 days in quarantine with Coppersafe , there is no more visible ick that I can see on both of them. I was wondering if I gave them a fresh water dip for 5 minutes to make sure they were clean can they go in to my display tank or should I leave them in Coppersafe for 30 days both have been eating great!!!!

Thanks for your time and advice!

Carl

For clarification, were these fish in your display before they went into qt? If they were not in the dt then you just need to keep them in QT for the full treatment or else you will possibly/probably/ilkely infect your DT if it is clean now?

 

[nereefpat]

I agree that 14 days of therapeutic levels of copper should cure the fish of ich in QT.

I also agree that if ich is in the display, you'll have to wait for a certain amount of time for the ich in the display to die out with no host. That means your treated fish will have to find another home for a few weeks.

 

[Bpfor3]

Go look up @Humblefish. He is the expert. His recommendation is that you need to keep the fish at therapeutic copper levels for 30 days straight in QT. If levels go below therapeutic for one day, clock starts over. If the sick fish were in your display, the fallow period is 76 days. (Fallow = no fish) If you do this, you will be ich free. anything less is a crap shoot. Good luck!

 

[LAReefer4Life]

For clarification, were these fish in your display before they went into qt? If they were not in the dt then you just need to keep them in QT for the full treatment or else you will possibly/probably/ilkely infect your DT if it is clean now?

+1 wait out the full treatment to complete the life cycle of the parasite.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I understand you should treat Ick for one month with copper in your tank (display), my questions is I have 2 marine fish one a trigger and one goby. Both had ick its been 14 days in quarantine with Coppersafe , there is no more visible ick that I can see on both of them. I was wondering if I gave them a fresh water dip for 5 minutes to make sure they were clean can they go in to my display tank or should I leave them in Coppersafe for 30 days both have been eating great!!!!

Thanks for your time and advice!

Carl

Follow all the way through. They have cycles and cysts will be present. The display tank itself should be fish free for at least 2-2.5 months

 

[Carl Cardarelli]

I agree that 14 days of therapeutic levels of copper should cure the fish of ich in QT.

I also agree that if ich is in the display, you'll have to wait for a certain amount of time for the ich in the display to die out with no host. That means your treated fish will have to find another home for a few weeks.

Thanks for the advice