Bacterial infection

[Danny N]

I recently had a case of Ich appear in my display tank and some of the fish came down with a bacterial infection. I’ve pulled the fish and treated in qt, but wonder about that harmful bacteria still in the display tank. After my 76 day fallow period, will that bad bacteria still be in the tank to reinfect the fish, or should I not be concerned with it as long as my fish stay healthy?
Is there something I should do to the tank to eliminate this bad bacteria?

 

[Humblefish]

You can run a UV to help eliminate any harmful free floating bacteria, but after 76 days without fish to feed on the strain that caused the infection should all be gone.

 

[Crabs McJones]

I recently had a case of Ich appear in my display tank and some of the fish came down with a bacterial infection. I’ve pulled the fish and treated in qt, but wonder about that harmful bacteria still in the display tank. After my 76 day fallow period, will that bad bacteria still be in the tank to reinfect the fish, or should I not be concerned with it as long as my fish stay healthy?
Is there something I should do to the tank to eliminate this bad bacteria?

Once you ran your ich treatment on your fish and your tank has been fallow for 76 days you should be just fine as the fishes immune system will be back up to par and if the bacteria does still exists they should be able to fight off the infection. It would be the same if you were putting them in quarantine specifically to treat for a bacterial infection you would put them in the quarantine tank, treat them, once they were cured put them back in the display tank