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bayer attacks the nervous system though correct? theoretically ich is a living animal with a nervous system? do you think even with changing the plug out and dipping the coral in bayer and then reattaching to my own plug i would still have a chance of bringing ich/velvet into my system?
From what I understand, the stage that could be on a rock or coral plug would be the tomont stage.....at this stage it encysts and forms a hard shell which is why copper doesn't work at this stage. For the same reason I assume other pesticides would not work either.
My personal experience with ich is this. I have it in my tank and have yet to go fallow. I have had more fish beat it then succumb to it....I do have a qt and a hospital tank. When I get a new fish, he first goes into qt just to get him acclimated and eating..... If I buy from a hobbyist and his fish look good, I usually put him right in as I believe that is the best chance of his survival. If I have a fish that really gets ich bad, I put him in the hospital tank with cupramine and once he is better, I put him back.
If all my DT fish died, I would definitely go fallow for about 30 days and qt all new fish coming in but wouldn't make myself crazy to do that with corals....
BTW I believe i do have good flow and employ filter socks yet ich still does exist in the tank.
My experience is limited compared to most but here it is