Yes, if you leave the display tank fishless for 4-6 weeks while the fish are being treated in the QT the parasite will die off naturally. Invertebrates cannot nourish the parasite.mansiz said:If I leave the display tank fishless, meaning I move all fish to QT, will the parasites die by itself? How long should it be left without fish?
To be honest there is no sure way of knowing the parasite has been elimintaed except to be cautious and possibley extend the fallow stage to 6-8 weeks. The shrimp and other inverts will be fine provided no treatemnts are used on the main display tank. You will also need to ensure you feed the tank a few times a week to keep the bacteria up and the inverts healthy.And how do I know if there is no parasite presence in the display tank? Can cleaner shrimp be place in the display tank?
do you really buy this ??? i hope not !?!?!? i have seen alot of people freaked out about buying a tank that might of had copper in it !?!?! i truly feel this is way over reacted !! and will buy any tank as long as it hold water copper or not i have 2 55 gallons tanks that i used to copper all the time well one now is my fuge and pods worms macros are growing like crazy !! even have used the same cc and no negative affects that i see all seams great
Copper will not normally tint the silicone. That will be mainly from the use of malachite green or similar meds which do not contain copper. There is a possibility it may not leach from inert products. The main concern as Biggen pointed out is CaCO3 based elements. Copper is absorbed like a sponge in water and will leach over time. The only exception would be a properly chelated form of copper but even then it is still possible depending on dosage used.scuba_steve said:dont buy the fact that even if the silicon is a blueish tint that it would be enough to kill inverts !! itsw just stained !! havnt killed any of mine ?!?!?!
like to see some proof of adding copper to a tank and then not being able to keep inverts in the same tank on a later date i just dont buy it and if anyone has a tank they dosed with copper and is worried about a reef tank success id buy it without a blink of an eye
but honestly ya wouldnt use a tank that had been dosed with copper ??