In May of 2019 I set up my first reef tank which was a 20 gallon. After the cycle I introduced two clownfish, 4 small frag plugs and a CUC. about a month later I made the mistake of not doing any kind of QT and I ordered a watchman goby online. It looked fine in the bag and I put it in my tank. Fast forward a few days I notice the goby and my clowns are covered in ich. The goby ended up dying, but surprisingly my clowns survived. Since then the clowns have never shown any signs of ich and nothing has been introduced to the tank at all. No more CUC, fish, coral, anything at all. Is it possible that the ich could still be in the tank dormant after a year of no signs?
I set up a Red Sea Reefer 525 about 2 months ago and it just finished cycling. This time I am doing a QT for anything that goes into the tank, but I already moved my clownfish and 4 corals into the tank not thinking that the 20 gallon could possibly still have ich. Should I move my clowns to a QT tank to make sure the ich dies off? If so how long should they sit in the QT to make sure the ich has died off?
I set up a Red Sea Reefer 525 about 2 months ago and it just finished cycling. This time I am doing a QT for anything that goes into the tank, but I already moved my clownfish and 4 corals into the tank not thinking that the 20 gallon could possibly still have ich. Should I move my clowns to a QT tank to make sure the ich dies off? If so how long should they sit in the QT to make sure the ich has died off?
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