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10-12-2008, 11:32 AM
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| Tubeworm | Fallow period I'm getting ready to remove my fish and quarantine them for ich and letting my dt sit for the recommended time frame. I have been reading the articles on the process but wasn't exactly sure what to do with the LR, corals, and inverts. If I understand correctly its the fish that are the host and not the above mentioned other inhabitants so they can stay, right? I have 11 fish so I have to set up several smaller tanks to house and treat them for the 8 weeks to leave the display running. Anyone please confirm this or add any other useful information. This is not going to be fun. |
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10-12-2008, 11:37 AM
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| The Wand Geek was here. ;)   | Re: Fallow period Karma to you for treating all of your fish!! I did the same thing with fabulous results! It is definately worth the effort. You need only to remove the fish as they are the only host for ICH. The rocks/inverts, etc stay in the display.
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10-12-2008, 11:37 AM
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| WOLVERINE~   | Re: Fallow period fallow means fish free,,,,go 8-10 weeks with elevated temp to appx 81*. this speeds up the parasite life cycle without effecting the critters to much.
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10-12-2008, 12:03 PM
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| Tubeworm | Re: Fallow period with the 11 fish I have 1yellow tang 3chromis 1 6 line 1 engineer goby 4 bar jacks 1 royal gramma What is the smallest set up you guys can recommend to hold them for the 8 weeks, multiple small tanks? (10g) or 1 larger one? I need to be able to afford all this without having to create a duplicate setup for the 90 that I have. |
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10-13-2008, 11:54 AM
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| Scopas Tang | Re: Fallow period The kind of fish AND the size of the fish is important to answer your question. In the quarantine post: A Fish Quarantine Process - Step by Step without knowing for sure the kind of fish, the recommendation is to allow about 5-7 gallons per inch of fish. Use the lower end for small fishes; use the upper end for medium to larger fishes.
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