Ich question/guidance.

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After a recent outbreak of ich I set up a quarantine system. My question. How do you get the ich out of the main display All reviews I see show how to set up and treat in quarantine. Can’t find out how to rid it of the display. The tank has corals and inverts in it.
 

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The only way to get it out of the display is to let the parasite die out. This is done by letting the display go fallow (no fish) for a minimum of 76 days.
 
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The only way to get it out of the display is to let the parasite die out. This is done by letting the display go fallow (no fish) for a minimum of 76 days.

Wow. That’s a long time. But if that’s what it will take so be it. Thank you.
 

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Wow. That’s a long time. But if that’s what it will take so be it. Thank you.
It is, i'm currently going through it myself. About 3 1/2 weeks to go lol
 

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Yep, you just have to wait for it to starve out.
Usually, ich's life cycle will take a couple to a few weeks. There is a lot of variability in the cyst stage of its life cycle. 76 days fallow would give nearly 100% confidence that it's gone.
 

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