ICH, ICH, ICH, need some helpful tips

Oceansidegrp · 08/02/2015, 09:33 PM

ICH ICH ICH, i am having an outbreak.

so i was in to reefing years ago with a much larger scale 180gallon reef tank. but this whole nano tank deal is kinda a new thing. just got a 29gallon bio cube for my son and i to enjoy while i polished up on my reefing skills to set back up my 180 again in a few months.

so tank has been set up for about a month and everything was going great. we live in florida and i always did fresh ocean water changes in my big tank. so naturally i am doing them in my little tank. we introduced a few fish and a few inverts in the tank. they have now been in the tank about 2 weeks and noticed my fish starting to show signs of ICH. so i set up my old hospital tank that i had for my 180. dosed it with copper safe and introduced my fish into there new temp home.

question #1. how long is this cycle for ich take to treat until the fish can be introduced.

question #2 how do i introduce them back into the tank with out introducing copper in the reef tank.

question #3 how do i prevent getting ich again because it SUCKS!!!!!!!

anyone with helpful tips please let me know thanks. Jerry

Lucky Lefty · 08/02/2015, 09:42 PM

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1990809

Check out stickies all over this forum. Including this one I posted here.

gone fishin · 08/03/2015, 04:38 AM

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1992196

The link may be of use to you. The main way to prevent ich in the future is to QT your fish before going into the DT

08/02/2015, 09:33 PM	#1
Oceansidegrp Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 4	ICH, ICH, ICH, need some helpful tips ICH ICH ICH, i am having an outbreak. so i was in to reefing years ago with a much larger scale 180gallon reef tank. but this whole nano tank deal is kinda a new thing. just got a 29gallon bio cube for my son and i to enjoy while i polished up on my reefing skills to set back up my 180 again in a few months. so tank has been set up for about a month and everything was going great. we live in florida and i always did fresh ocean water changes in my big tank. so naturally i am doing them in my little tank. we introduced a few fish and a few inverts in the tank. they have now been in the tank about 2 weeks and noticed my fish starting to show signs of ICH. so i set up my old hospital tank that i had for my 180. dosed it with copper safe and introduced my fish into there new temp home. question #1. how long is this cycle for ich take to treat until the fish can be introduced. question #2 how do i introduce them back into the tank with out introducing copper in the reef tank. question #3 how do i prevent getting ich again because it SUCKS!!!!!!! anyone with helpful tips please let me know thanks. Jerry

08/02/2015, 09:42 PM	#2
Lucky Lefty Registered Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: NJ Posts: 790	http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1990809 Check out stickies all over this forum. Including this one I posted here. __________________ 150g NJ Current Tank Info: est.5/9/14

08/03/2015, 04:38 AM	#3
gone fishin Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Wyocena Wi Posts: 6,936	http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1992196 The link may be of use to you. The main way to prevent ich in the future is to QT your fish before going into the DT __________________ Tony Current Tank Info: 180gal DT, BM NAC77 skimmer,3 Maxspect razors, Maxspect Gyre 150, 30g QT