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rashr · 01-26-2007, 08:46 AM

Bottom line....once you get ich you keep ich unless you break down your tank and start new.....ich can not only come in on fish, but live rock, sand, and even inverts (not that inverts get it but they may have the cysts on their shells and such). I battle this too as does anyone that gets it, I tried UV sterilization...this works to reduce the ich but will not get rid of it....I have tried quarntining, but still get it from sand, rock and such.....the only thing I have been able to do is keep my salinity as stable as possible and temperature and pH as stable as possible and this keeps the tank happy and flare ups to a minimum.....if there truly is a was to eradicate ich I would love to hear it......that is with out tearing down my tank and or hurting my inverts and corals...

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rashr Spanish Shawl Nudibranch Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North Carolina Age: 35 Posts: 86 Karma: 14	Bottom line....once you get ich you keep ich unless you break down your tank and start new.....ich can not only come in on fish, but live rock, sand, and even inverts (not that inverts get it but they may have the cysts on their shells and such). I battle this too as does anyone that gets it, I tried UV sterilization...this works to reduce the ich but will not get rid of it....I have tried quarntining, but still get it from sand, rock and such.....the only thing I have been able to do is keep my salinity as stable as possible and temperature and pH as stable as possible and this keeps the tank happy and flare ups to a minimum.....if there truly is a was to eradicate ich I would love to hear it......that is with out tearing down my tank and or hurting my inverts and corals... _________ 90 Gal. , 1-False Clowns, 3- Green Chromis, 1- Royal Gramma, , 1-Purple Tang, 1-FoxFace, Astrae, Cetrith, Nassrius snails, few hermits assorted, 4 emerald crabs, 1- Serpant star, many micro stars.