New here guys, need some help. My tank is only a 29 gallon bio cube. After making a mistake of getting fish at Petco, I now have Ick in the tank. I’ve tried using “API super ick cure” tried this twice now. Each time the Ick goes away for about two days then right back. I’m thinking of setting up a second tank do add copper but how do I rid the ick in the tank I have ? Increase heat? Let it run for 2-3 weeks with high heat? Also in the second tank with copper how to I test copper levels. All test kits I can find are for the normal ph nitrate nitrite ammonia. Thanks in advance. I really appreciate any help
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It's where you remove all the fish from your reef tank and let it run for a period of time. Some things need it to run longer fallow so parasites die off.
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You have to remove livestock from the infected tank and let it sit for about 76 days to ensure all the parasites’ lifecycle has lapsed (ie any potential eggs hatch & all the bad guys die)
Thank you! But what does the acronym fallow stand for?
Since you got a 32 biocube, I'd just empty it and let it completely dry for 24 hours, quarantine the infected fish in a different tank using copper or tank transfer method. If you don't have a lot of inverts as they could carry ich
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This could be risky as you'd have to make sure all sand is dry enough to ensure that any potential eggs hiding in there die off too. Last thing you'd want is to refill the water, have them hatch and you're back to square one
Wouldn’t the tank need to recycle at this point?
phatduckk
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Quite possibly! you'd have to keep the rock moist enough to keep the bacteria alive - not sure if that would also mean that its moist enough for ick eggs to survive. feels risky. 76 days of fallow sucks but at least you have peace of mind.
I'm not sure you got a clear answer yet.
There aren't any treatments that you can use in your display tank that will work. You need to remove all fish from the display and treat them all using either tank transfer method, copper, cloroquine, or hyposalinity. Your display needs to remain fallow (fishless, in this case) for a period of time (up to 76 days). Anything wet (inverts, rock, tank, filters, etc) need to be fishless for the full fallow period of up to 76 days.
There aren't any treatments that you can use in your display tank that will work. You need to remove all fish from the display and treat them all using either tank transfer method, copper, cloroquine, or hyposalinity. Your display needs to remain fallow (fishless, in this case) for a period of time (up to 76 days). Anything wet (inverts, rock, tank, filters, etc) need to be fishless for the full fallow period of up to 76 days.
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Ill make this clear and concise as possible.... There are no cures for marine ich. The only thing you can do is tank transfer method, or use copper in a separate tank for 21 days, then leave your display tank FALLOW (no live stock except inverts) for 70ish days. That will eradicate your ick
All it takes is one little pocket of moisture inside the rock that didn't get dry enough for ich to come back and you would have to recycle. 24 hours will not be enough for live rock.
I didn't say to reuse the live rock. If you did, I would acid wash it, and still let it dry outside for a week. I'd just buy new dry rock, which you can get pretty cheap these days. I've had the biocube, it could be a little more than 24 hours to dry the pump and tubing. I'd just run bleach through it, and let it dry.
He can use the biocube waaay before 76 fallow period if he wants. It'd cost more cash, or he can run hypo for 30 days if he has ATO, which will kill everything anyway.
Like if my 125g got ich in it, it wouldn't be feasible since I got a lot of livestock like inverts that won't allow me to drain/bleach/hypo/etc with a ton of rock that would cost a fortune to redo new.
