What did I do???

[jeepjon]

I would wait a little while...but...you gotta remember a few things about ick. First off, it's a stress related disease. Kind of like colds and people. You're exposed to colds all the time, but you don't get them (usually), unless you're stressed or you don't have a strong immune system. SO...you won't really have to worry about introducing ick, as it's in most tank water, from my understanding (I could be wrong, if I am....somebody stop me...please...I can't help myself) Anywho, if a fish has it, the best thing for the fish is to eliminate the stress and feed it good quality food. If the stress is another fish, you'd have to separate them, or if it was the move, than let the fish settle in. Also, the fish's immune system should handle the ick fine. I have never treated a saltwater tank for ick, but that is just me. Make sure you try to get high quality healthy fish from the LFS in the first place, and keep the fish in tip-top shape, and then the fish should be fine if it gets ick again. I would let the tank settle down before I add anymore fish, but that's all that I know about saltwater ick....so...hope it helps.

[Steve-O]

thanks for the info.

[dhoffroad]

do a search (like google) and see what you come up with for time the "ich" will live for I believe that it is something like a couple weeks with out a hoast and it will die but I can't rember. so find out how long and just wait it out .

[mzzmorgan]

Don't give up!!

[PHATREEF]

Here is the deal with Ich.....It exists in all tanks...You can never fully eliminate it, but there are ways to combat it. Like everybody knows...Ich is stress related so the easiest way to combat it is eliminate all the stress to your fish. Proper acclimation to your water as well as researching fish that can inhabit the tank peacefully is important. If you see a fish start to show the signs of Ich, the first thing that you should do is quarantine them. I use a 5 Gal. Bucket, Power Head and Heater with a peace of your live rock. Since Copper Bromide is harmfull to all inverts you have to add it into the bucket and add the fish. Use water from the tank in the bucket to reduce the stress to the fish as the copper will kill all the Ich. I kept my fish in the bucket for about a week and a half adding a little new water everyday. The Copper does not disipate either so you only need to add it once. When I added to fish back to the tank, i matched the water temps and took them from the bucket to the tank. When I did this, I did it with a net so there was not any water from the bucket added back to the tank. I saved all 4 of my fish and it cost about 75$ to set up the bucket and buy the Copper Bromide solution but it was worth it. Good luck...ICH IS A PAIN IN THE @$%

[customshopguy]

Sounds like you screwed up pretty bad this time dude. Copper and formaldhyde are pretty brutal for the reef. Wish you lots of luck
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Clint

[khrys]

There are all kinds of nasties that live in a tank. If the fish get stressed, they start losing their slime coating . This in turn allows all the little nasties to do their damage, then that's it for the little fish if not caught and treated on time.

[Steve-O]

Thanks again for all the responces.

My tank is still running well minus the fish, but hope to be trying again soon.

[Keswick]

I would wait at least a month before introducing more fish. The main thing w/ preventing ick is to keep stress to a minimum (keep constant temperature, reduce fighting, quality skimmer, lots of water flow, water changes, etc.).

Even healthy fish can develop ick with a simple fluxuation in tank temps. Get a good heater and set the tank temp about 1 degree above its highest known temp. Try not to have the tank flux more than 2 degrees in a day.

Just my 2 cents worth!!!