got a new fish its a sergeant major damsel and it had no ich when I got it.

[Krocky12]

So I got a new fish its a sergeant major damsel and it had no ich when I got it. All of a sudden it just appeared after only having him for 3 days please reply. I need help I'm a noobwie.

[tonedogz]

get him out of your main tank to a quarentine tank before he infects your whole tank. Keep an eye on the rest because some ich may have droped off him already

[FTMMWS]

Originally Posted by tonedogz

get him out of your main tank to a quarentine tank before he infects your whole tank. Keep an eye on the rest because some ich may have droped off him already

Too late

[Krocky12]

Well he's the only fish in their and I don't have enough moneyfor a little quarantine tank

[tonedogz]

well what else is in there. is there rock, sand, inverts what, because if there is you can't treat the tank and without treatment the fish will surely die. A ten gal. tank is only about 15 or 20 bucks

[Krocky12]

Ya I know but their is only like 10 lbs of rock and 20 pounds of sand and both are live. My dad is arguing with me that u don't need a quarantine tank because he's only had freshwater tank. I'm the only one in the house who has the salt and I'm like arguing with him on how to treat it

[tonedogz]

krocky tell your dad its absolutely a necessity to have a qt tank for salt or fresh

[Krocky12]

Ya I know. Lucky that was my only fish in there and there was some rock and sand that r live. I'm going to be taking that fish back. Can u tell what else I can do so that if any of the ich fell of I can just get rid of it. Thanks

[FTMMWS]

If you just leave the system fallow(no fish) ick will starve and die in 6-8 weeks ..

[Krocky12]

But I really don't want to wait that long us there anything else I can do that is faster

[tonedogz]

you could take out the rock and sand an start over but you'd have to wait almost that long to recycle it

[Krocky12]

Uh ok is their like any meds that I can put in to help quicken it or a uv sterilizer

[Sniperhank]

No, there isn't. A uv sterilizer won't remove ich. There are to many of them in the water column (during that short phase) to all pass through the sterilizer.

[Fishy Aston]

Take everything out

Clean everything

And all new water...

Then wait for the cycle again.

Sorry

[Krocky12]

Uhhhh crap this is going to suck

[tonedogz]

krocky, this shows you the importance of a qt tank

[Krocky12]

Ya ik but I don't have any money for the refractometer

[CarolF]

Go buy Quick Cure, it will cost you about $9.00. Ick will not just die off because it can live in the sand. Quick cure works good and won't turn your water brown like the other brands.

[tonedogz]

do not use quick cure it can not be used if you have snails, inverts, or live rock or sand

[Krocky12]

Oh ok so that's a no to
Quick cure cause I have live sand and live rock