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Old 01/11/2008, 11:17 AM
johno4 johno4 is offline
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If you leave the rock alone (with out any fish) for at least 1 month it will be fine to reuse. The life cycle of the ich parasite is 1 month, so by doing this you will have broken the life cycle due to the fact that no fish is present for it to host on/in.
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