my tank is infested with ich what to do?

[samster]

hes on a 55 gallon / UV streillizer / wetdry / no skimmer / 2" sand bed of live sand and i don't think most his rocks are live but he has about 5lbs of rock rumble in dere with about 25 lbss or so of supposly LR but not sure?

 

[DRZL]

huh?
that was a lil hard to understand, is that his setup?

IF so there'll be hell to pay!!! :banghead: :sgrin:

I hope your kidding........

 

[DevIouS]

Ich is a parasite and even though stress can cause a fish to get ich it doesn't cause it. Stress just makes it hard for a fish to fight it off.
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That sounds a bit contradictory - "even though stress can cause a fish to get ich it doesn't cause it.?
As I said..., "stressed promotes ich."

Dizbwayne states that the fish is in a separate tank.

For a new tank that is too many fish.
1 fish should have added slowly.

That system mentioned above is not right at all...

 

[Dizbwayne]

i have a 55gal. right now i have the uv sterilizer on it. and im treating the fishes right now. the thing is that ich spreaded so fast, first it was one fish then all of them

 

[DevIouS]

I doubt think the eel has ich. They have no scales & a slime coating.
My eel was the only one that was left in my main tank ,while I had an out-break.

If she's sick it's somthing else.

 

[Dizbwayne]

no the eel is alrigh, only the fishes.

Tank spec
55gal
wetdry
uv steril
2 x 55 watt pc

 

[Dizbwayne]

i use to have fresh water fishes and when the fish had ich i would usually take out the rocks and leave it outside so the sun kills off the bad bacteria in the tank. i know its very diffivult to take the ich out. i dont really believ the medication for ich works that well but i am treating them. This is goin to be a pain in the butt and most annoying part of having fishes.

myth/real?does ich live in rocks or just on a host?
i also put medication in the main tank, is that good?
i have the UV running

what should i do?
should i stop the wetdry?
leave light on so they continue fighting ich?


thankyou for everyone's help. i still want to know how you do the garlic soaked food?

 

[DevIouS]

:headache: NO meds in the main tank, dude!
Ich will be present in a tank for about a month with no fish, then they'll die off with no host.

But if your set-up isn't right it'll happen all over again~

 

[DevIouS]

What meds did you use?
Copper killed anthing that's alive in your tank.

Take time to read & look at the links supplied. They tell you everything.

 

[gforce6]

If your water condition is good, your fish will fight off ich. I think you need skimmer.

The egg of ich will remain in your tank, even if you take all your fish out from main tank. The cycle became egg to be hatch is about 4 weeks, but let your tank without fish for 6 weeks for sure. Meanwhile, if you have tank big enough to hold your fish, you can treat with copper. You do it slowly increase copper level til .2-2.5ppm.

Hope it works, And someone in expert will tell you detail about it below.

 

[Vic8361]

Dizbwayne,

Have you tested the water from your tank yet? If yes what are your parameters of your tank. You mentioned that you separateted the fish from the main tank where did you place them? These fish need a lot of space so if you place them in a small space it will stess out the fish even more. Remember the ick is on the fish already if you whant to treat them the best way will be to have a qurintine tank that has been cycled already and treat them there and not in ther main tank. If you don't have quarintine tank then you will just have to make your fish as happy as possible so they can fight this off them self ex.good water qulity and keep them well fed

They do sell medications that claim to be reef safe for ick I have tried one called (ruby reef kick ick) to no avail. I have a half a bottle some were in my closet. you can have it if you want.

I'm not trying to be hard on you just need more information so we could steer you in the right direction.

one important rule and one of the hardest to follow is the slower you go the better.

I made many mistakes in the begining and lost a lot of fish. Thank God I learned a little from my mistakes and now the fish last much longer.

Vic

 

[marrone]

That sounds a bit contradictory - "even though stress can cause a fish to get ich it doesn't cause it.?
As I said..., "stressed promotes ich."

There no contraction there, ich is a parasite and stress doesn't cause this parasite to exist but what stress does do it cause a fish to be more substabile to catching it. Just like when you get run down there is a better chance for you to catch a cold or virus.

Also Eel can get it however rare it does happen.

 

[Dizbwayne]

thanks a lot guys i think the best bet is to start of fresh i already put the medication in the main tank, out of stress to myself. so now i need to change all of the water and cycle again and wait until a month and a half. Im so pissed at myself.

 

[marrone]

Before you do anything tell me what you want the tank to be. Is this going to be a fish only tank or a fish with live rock or corals at some point. Lets start out with what you want and we can have the tank up and running in a short time.

 

[Vic8361]

I agree with marrone that will be the best way to go about it. You'll be up and running in no time. As you see there's a lot of nice people on this site willing to help out.

Vic

 

[Dizbwayne]

what i want is fish with live rock and polys and mushrooms or anything i could put under a PC lighting

 

[marrone]

Ok fine let start with what you have equipment wise, tank, filter, light & etc. and then what you currently have in your tank, live rock and how much, sand and any corals. Also did you treat your main tank and if you did what did you use.