ich in tank, is it gone???????

[vinny]

how can you tell when ich is gone? also if your fish is missing and it had ich and hes dead, if you put new fish in the tank will they get ich ??

 

[Deanos]

Probably.

Marine Ich

 

[vinny]

so if i find the fish and take it out, then could i put another fish in?

 

[Deanos]

You read the article that quick?

 

[vinny]

no i was mostly skimming through it lol

 

[vinny]

ok now i read it fully, but it doesnt say if you had ich and the fish is dead is ich still present

 

[DevIouS]

so if i find the fish and take it out, then could i put another fish in?

NO....:tired:


http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/fish/23519-ich-one-more-question.html

ok now i read it fully, but it doesnt say if you had ich and the fish is dead is ich still present

Excerpt from the link you just read:

If an aquarium has no fish in it, and there are no additions of fish, or anything else that could be carrying trophonts, tomonts, tomites or theronts for a period of 6 weeks or longer, all parasites will have died.

 

[Deanos]

ok now i read it fully, but it doesnt say if you had ich and the fish is dead is ich still present

 

[JHOV2324]

3 to 28 days just on reproductive stage....so you have a long way to go before putting in another fish....read the preventing ICK....so when you are ready to put in fish you can prevent ICK....:biggrin:

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Just stick your hand in each day if it comes out looking like it's sprinkled with salt then ich is still there.

 

[vinny]

thanks for all the help fellas lol

 

[vinny]

ich

one last question can ich live on dead fish?

 

[Deanos]

Threads merged.

 

[vinny]

ok well that chart helped me, but if the fish is dead can the cycle continue?

 

[charile1]

What's the point of your question? Why are you keeping dead fish in your tank?

 

[fluidimagery]

Vinny, speaking in lamens terms, (I'm no expert) if there aren't any fish in the tank... the ich can still be in there. The parasite's life cycle as I understand it is no more than 14 days (30 for safety). If there aren't any more fish to "host" the parasite it won't reproduce and will eventually die off. Note... that if there are any other fish in the tank they will probably also get the ich and the reproduction of the parasite will start all over again.

The visible white spots on the fish is the last phase of reproduction... they will fall off and divide to reproduce themselves.

Are there any other fish in the tank now, or was the one fish it?

The cycle wouldn't be affected by removing the dead fish. If it's a reef or FOWLR there are tons of different types of living things that are doing the cycling for you. Having a fish in there is really unneccessary at all.

 

[DevIouS]

There are post here directing you to the answers.
Make the effort to read the links supplied.

Yes, healthy fish, no fish or dead fish....there will be Ich in your system if it has been introduced.

& yea.....why is there a dead fish in your tank?!?!?!

 

[vinny]

because i cant find it i found it once then i moved all the rock and i couldnt find it again lol ok i'm just going to move all my rock again and look for it because i lost my kenya tree frag anyway

 

[JHOV2324]

if u can't find it then your inverts already got to it....:eat:

 

[vinny]

lol yea hopefully like 10 minutes ago i gave up on findin it i was looking through all my rocks for like 20 minutes lol and i had to set it all back up alotta labor for finding no fish