Ok I need some advice. My fish have come down with ich and I'm going to put them in a seperate tank and treat them (while leaving the DT fallow for 8 weeks). Problem is my two stingrays. Some people say they do get ich and some say they don't. They show no signs of anything and are acting normal. The problem is I heard they don't do well with hypo and definitely no copper. If I leave them in the DT can they harbor ich while my fish are in treatment? Any suggestions what to do?
Stingray/Ich
- Thread starter RoastReef
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I've read they dont get ich, and no copper for sure, but I dont know either about them carrying the ick
Yeah, I don't know what to do. I've heard they don't show ich because they shed their slime coat. But can they still be a host for it? I really want to get rid of ich in my DT.
Zoodiver;3923948; said:
I wasn't going to treat the DT. I was planning on leaving the rays in and pulling the fish. I'll treat the fish in a seperate tank and leave them out of the DT for 8 weeks. I just want to make sure the ich won't be able to live with the rays still in the DT.
You could try quinine sulfate it has worked great for me in the past. The crypt is gone from all the fish I am guessing the tank still has it in the sand bed and it will rear is ugly head again in the future. My rays never showed any signs of stress and continued eating when most of the other fish stopped eating. But now all the fish are eating again and all seems well. I would strongly suggest quinine sulfate to anyone that has crypt in a tank with rays and possibly sharks (but I have not tried it with any sharks yet). Make sure if you do use it to take out all snails and inverts.