Ich when is it safe to say....

[wickedfish]

Alright I need basic schooling here. My Tangs appear to be conquering the nastiest ich I have experienced in my 6 years of fish keeping (I know tropical fish sort of counts.)

In my main display the Tangs a purple and a yellow look much better. The wrasse looks good as always.

My question is this, when or how do you know that ich is gone. Or is it always gonna be present until I go fallow?

I'm actually torn on should I keep these ich fish. Or should I give them to a guy who wants to treat them in a hospital, and never see them again?

I like my PT and I here they are gonna be real difficult to get soon.

Last thing I want is to wait this out and in August add my clean fish into a ich hiding tank. I mean is it possible that the display can rid itself of ich? Or can a fish pretty much always harbor this and a slight change, like more fish bring it back?

Recommendations?? I guess I know what to do, but wanted the wise ones, to set me straight.

 

[BeanMachine]

Alright I need basic schooling here. My Tangs appear to be conquering the nastiest ich I have experienced in my 6 years of fish keeping (I know tropical fish sort of counts.)

In my main display the Tangs a purple and a yellow look much better. The wrasse looks good as always.

My question is this, when or how do you know that ich is gone. Or is it always gonna be present until I go fallow?

I'm actually torn on should I keep these ich fish. Or should I give them to a guy who wants to treat them in a hospital, and never see them again?

I like my PT and I here they are gonna be real difficult to get soon.

Last thing I want is to wait this out and in August add my clean fish into a ich hiding tank. I mean is it possible that the display can rid itself of ich? Or can a fish pretty much always harbor this and a slight change, like more fish bring it back?

Recommendations?? I guess I know what to do, but wanted the wise ones, to set me straight.

It will never be out of your system unless you go fallow... whether you see it or not.

That being said, my Purple Tang had ich when I first got it a year or so ago... I never treated... just fed heavy and waited for it to go away. Added 4 or 5 fish a month or so later and haven't ever seen ich on anyone, including the tang since.

My assumption based on my reading is its still in my system.

 

[Skidazl]

Stupid question, have you tried garlic?

 

[sl308]

You'll be so much happier once you go fallow and get rid of ich. You wouldn't need to worry about ich reoccuring when you add new fish either later on. I did it on, and glad I'm finally ich free.

 

[wickedfish]

You'll be so much happier once you go fallow and get rid of ich. You wouldn't need to worry about ich reoccuring when you add new fish either later on. I did it on, and glad I'm finally ich free.

It's hard to say except what my fish died from. Looked like ich, looked like velvet. Also just looked like a fungal infection.

The fish that are in their are cool so I'm not to concerned. If they pass, so be it. But they look like troopers and that's what it takes when your owner likes to gamble.

 

[solitude127]

Dumb question but what does fallow mean?

 

[jason142]

Dumb question but what does fallow mean?

Fallow means running your system completely fishless. Ich needs a host to live and if you take the host away it will run its life cycle and not be able to reproduce.

 

[wickedfish]

Are you serious Mike?! I know your acting dumb!