coral for a cichlid tank?
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ChristinaBug2890 - Posts: 299
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I thought the same thing...maybe if there are things living in the gravel it can survive on that? If its dead already maybe u could boil it for a couple of hours straight in a big pot to clean it up nicely...if you have a pot big enough.
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jweb1369 - Posts: 547
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I think I remember reading that ick doesnt die, it lays dormant until another host is available. When I had the saltwater tank all my fish died and I waited about 3 weeks then added some tester fish and they got bad ick and died in like a couple of days.
Oh I love to cook so I got a pot big enough, haha. So I guess tomorrow I start the boiling... I hope my tank has enough room =/.
Oh I love to cook so I got a pot big enough, haha. So I guess tomorrow I start the boiling... I hope my tank has enough room =/.
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faile486 - Posts: 65
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From: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FA006
"The breeding stage of the parasite encysts between the layers of the host skin. When mature, it leaves the fish and produces large numbers of free swimming young. These must find a host within 48 hours (at water temperatures of 75-79°F) or they will die. The life cycle of "Ich" is shown in Figure 1 ."
I've got Ich in my tank right now - I've been reading a lot on it, and that's basically the same thing all of them said. Maybe there's some other part of it that can survive?
"The breeding stage of the parasite encysts between the layers of the host skin. When mature, it leaves the fish and produces large numbers of free swimming young. These must find a host within 48 hours (at water temperatures of 75-79°F) or they will die. The life cycle of "Ich" is shown in Figure 1 ."
I've got Ich in my tank right now - I've been reading a lot on it, and that's basically the same thing all of them said. Maybe there's some other part of it that can survive?
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gumbii - Posts: 1695
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ick for saltwater also isn't the same as ick for freshwater... actually there are two different types of ick in saltwater... also... saltwater ick dies when the salt level falls and vice versa for the freshwater strain...
just throwing that in there...
just throwing that in there...
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gumbii - Posts: 1695
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um... i'm not one either... but it's not a bad thing to have at hand if you're going to be maintaining an aquarium...