coral/Ick/Dip?

[rhyerob]

Rich, is it cool if I call you ****. Just kidding.lol.
No offense taken whatsoever...that inciting a riot comment was a joke. That was part of my attempt at the "please don't take my next words offensively" tactic. I can appreciate the ways in which you use the Socratic method. You seem to do this in all your posts.
Your questions merely clarified the point that I was trying to make that from the start may have had some loose ends that I needed to tie up so that what I was saying could be understood by other people.

I also understand that what I'm saying may be against the grain to start with... and I may be the only one making this wildly asinine claim, because I don't know that I've read it anywhere before either...but it is still how I see it

 

[darren24]

Sorry not trying to jack your thread but I have a simple (I hope) question. If you had 2 fish in a tank and they both had Ich and you removed them. If the tank remained without fish for say 2 months would any new fish be at more risk to get Ich?

 

[grouper therapy]

Darren24;824906 wrote: Sorry not trying to jack your thread but I have a simple (I hope) question. If you had 2 fish in a tank and they both had Ich and you removed them. If the tank remained without fish for say 2 months would any new fish be at more risk to get Ich?

IME If they were not carriers themselves then no they would not get ICH. Here is the problem Darren and it is why most in the hobby end up fighting ICH. They do just as you mention and leave the system free of fish for the required time (2 months in your proposed scenario) good start. But wait here is where several things go south. During that time say in the last week of the fallow state they slide a new coral or invert that has been in a contaminated tank into the system. Now those are not host but if they have any water in or on them, they then transmit the ICH especially in it's free floating stage. Now this is not issue until you add the new fish and BAM Ich. The first thing assumed is that the ICH never left while in fact it had and they just reintroduced it. The next thing that happens is they introduce a fish that "appeared" not to have ICH into the system that actually was free from ICH and all of the sudden it has Ich. First response is the ICH never left when in fact once again it was ICH free and they reintroduced it. Another reason is some say they QT and then get impatient and introduce the fish early

 

[rhyerob]

Darren24;824906 wrote: Sorry not trying to jack your thread but I have a simple (I hope) question. If you had 2 fish in a tank and they both had Ich and you removed them. If the tank remained without fish for say 2 months would any new fish be at more risk to get Ich?

We already jacked the thread from Bruce (A thousand apologies!) so do your worst!

I agree with groupers response 100%

 

[rhyerob]

Either you quarantine everything...or you quarantine nothing...there is no middle ground.