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Old 06/10/2007, 01:22 PM
erbio erbio is offline
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I have Ich in my display tank

I have Ich in my display tank. I have very many corals. Two bottom feeders, etc

If I somehow manage to get the fish out and into a QT, what can I use besides hypo on them that wont affect the corals and inverts when I re-add the fish?
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Old 06/11/2007, 11:41 AM
Puffer Queen Puffer Queen is offline
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Need to remove fish to QT and treat the fish with either copper or hyposalinity in the QT.

Do not treat the display tank. If you leave this tank fallow (fishless) for 6 - 8 weeks and do not add anything (corals, inverts, etc) during this period, the ich parasite will die off as it requires a fish to continue its life cycle.
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Old 06/11/2007, 04:45 PM
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Someone told me that the ich only hosts on fish. I need to remove all inverts too!?
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Old 06/12/2007, 08:58 AM
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no,, without a fish host to feed on they will eventually die off.
 

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