Ich in used dosing pump for 7 months?

[DarkOasis10]

New tank, I have been running it at 88F for two weeks to kill any potential ich from the live sand I added. Today I set up the AWC system and realized there may have been water stuck inside the dosing heads. They are used Neptune DOS pumps. However, they have been sitting since April 25th.

Technically ich can go dormant in areas with low oxygen, such as in the dosing pump head. It has been over 7 months however. Does anyone know how long ich can survive in those conditions?

The second pump I did not hook up but when I ran it manually liquid did come out from inside the pump.

I really hope I did not just potentially put ich into all of my AWC lines.

The odds that ich would have encysted, gone dormant, and survived for 7 months inside the dosing head seems highly unlikely. Then again it’s an insane parasite.

Thank you

 

[Jekyl]

Nope. You're good to go. That is well beyond the fallow period

 

[NanoSteam]

 

[CedarReef]

You’re good. And chill out on trying to sterilize everything that goes in your tank. High temps kill indiscriminately.

 

[mcarroll]

The odds that ich would have encysted, gone dormant, and survived for 7 months inside the dosing head seems highly unlikely. Then again it’s an insane parasite.

"If you go looking for trouble – you're likely to find it."

Fish diseases are bad enough in reality without making them out to be the Boogeyman...all that does is impair thinking. Of course hyping this issue is a regular pastime for some folks online. Learn more about stress, immunity and disease and you'll be good to go.

I would note that your gut was telling you all this already, hence the end of your post that I quoted above.

TRUST YOUR GUT – EDUCATE YOUR NOGGIN

That's my motto, anyway. ;)

 

[Jay Hemdal]

New tank, I have been running it at 88F for two weeks to kill any potential ich from the live sand I added. Today I set up the AWC system and realized there may have been water stuck inside the dosing heads. They are used Neptune DOS pumps. However, they have been sitting since April 25th.

Technically ich can go dormant in areas with low oxygen, such as in the dosing pump head. It has been over 7 months however. Does anyone know how long ich can survive in those conditions?

The second pump I did not hook up but when I ran it manually liquid did come out from inside the pump.

I really hope I did not just potentially put ich into all of my AWC lines.

The odds that ich would have encysted, gone dormant, and survived for 7 months inside the dosing head seems highly unlikely. Then again it’s an insane parasite.

Thank you

No risk of cryptocaryon tomonts living in the pumps that long, even in hypoxic conditions.

What was the source of the live sand? Was it a commercial, beach collected product? If so, no risk of ich from that. If the sand came from an established aquarium, then you need to leave it fallow for 30 days at warmer temps….fluke eggs are a risk.

 

[DarkOasis10]

No risk of cryptocaryon tomonts living in the pumps that long, even in hypoxic conditions.

What was the source of the live sand? Was it a commercial, beach collected product? If so, no risk of ich from that. If the sand came from an established aquarium, then you need to leave it fallow for 30 days at warmer temps….fluke eggs are a risk.

It’s carribsea special grade.

 

[DarkOasis10]

No risk of cryptocaryon tomonts living in the pumps that long, even in hypoxic conditions.

What was the source of the live sand? Was it a commercial, beach collected product? If so, no risk of ich from that. If the sand came from an established aquarium, then you need to leave it fallow for 30 days at warmer temps….fluke eggs are a risk.

Its carribsea special grade

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Its carribsea special grade

I've never had any report of disease introduction from that product. Not impossible I suppose, but very unlikely. I've used it a few times with no issues.