Post Disease QUESTION!?

Ryan Rioux · Jan 30, 2017

how long after a tank has suffered fish loss to brooklynella or Ich does it have to remain fallow !? Currently on 68 days or so! And I was going to wait til 90 days to be sure !

ebushrow · Jan 30, 2017

Well 90 is best...the minimum is 76 days w/o any fish at all. If you can stand it to 90... do it! You will be a bit over the typical but better safe than sorry IMO

Maritimer · Jan 30, 2017

It's different for different diseases. Ich is the longest I'm aware of, at 76 days. That allows even the longest-living tomonts to release their last load of theronts - which, finding no fish to parasitize, will die a slow, lingering death of starvation. (A couple of days, really ... but I like to imagine ich suffering, after the way it makes our fish suffer!)

IIRC, the fallow period for velvet is more like six weeks. Brook . . . I honestly don't know. @Humblefish or @melypr1985 probably know that as well as I know my children's names.

~Bruce

melypr1985 · Jan 30, 2017

Maritimer said:
It's different for different diseases. Ich is the longest I'm aware of, at 76 days. That allows even the longest-living tomonts to release their last load of theronts - which, finding no fish to parasitize, will die a slow, lingering death of starvation. (A couple of days, really ... but I like to imagine ich suffering, after the way it makes our fish suffer!)

IIRC, the fallow period for velvet is more like six weeks. Brook . . . I honestly don't know. @Humblefish or @melypr1985 probably know that as well as I know my children's names.

~Bruce

You are correct on your fallow periods. Brook is 6 weeks as well.

If the OP can stand to wait until 90 days are up, then more power to you!

4FordFamily · Jan 30, 2017

ebushrow said:
Well 90 is best...the minimum is 76 days w/o any fish at all. If you can stand it to 90... do it! You will be a bit over the typical but better safe than sorry IMO

X2 never can be too safe!

Ryan Rioux · Feb 4, 2017

Maritimer said:
It's different for different diseases. Ich is the longest I'm aware of, at 76 days. That allows even the longest-living tomonts to release their last load of theronts - which, finding no fish to parasitize, will die a slow, lingering death of starvation. (A couple of days, really ... but I like to imagine ich suffering, after the way it makes our fish suffer!)

IIRC, the fallow period for velvet is more like six weeks. Brook . . . I honestly don't know. @Humblefish or @melypr1985 probably know that as well as I know my children's names.

~Bruce

Thanks for info! Helps a lot

Ryan Rioux · Feb 4, 2017

melypr1985 said:
You are correct on your fallow periods. Brook is 6 weeks as well.

If the OP can stand to wait until 90 days are up, then more power to you!

Thank you for the help!!!!

Breakthecycle2 · Feb 4, 2017

Seachem apparently did new research and have determined although 99% of all ICH is gone after 70 days, it had lasted more then 90 days in cases.

ebushrow · Feb 4, 2017

Breakthecycle2 said:
Seachem apparently did new research and have determined although 99% of all ICH is gone after 70 days, it had lasted more then 90 days in cases.

Do you have a reference paper on this or just in communications with sea chem? I would love to check it out.....you can never read enough in this hobby

melypr1985 · Feb 4, 2017

ebushrow said:
Do you have a reference paper on this or just in communications with sea chem? I would love to check it out.....you can never read enough in this hobby

me too!