Post Whitespot

[Fella]

After whitespot wiping out my Puffer, a couple of ottos, and a south asian bumblebee catfish, I'm looking to prepare the tank for new inhabitants. How do I do that? I'm turning up the temperature to 85 so that the ICH can no longer reproduce, but is there anything more I should do?

 

[The-Wolf]

to give you a better idea on how to clean the tank
read this
understanding ICH, and it's lifecycle, will give you a better understanding
of how to tackle your question.

HTH

 

[Fella]

to give you a better idea on how to clean the tank
read this
understanding ICH, and it's lifecycle, will give you a better understanding
of how to tackle your question.

HTH

Yeah, I've read that article and many others (the cichlid-forum one probably being the best) and none of the really cover what to do after an outbreak. I could keep medicating a tank with no fish in, but wouldn't that work out as quite an expensive way to deal with something that I can't even see if it's dealt with?

 

[chishnfips]

I dont think it is something you can totally wipe out, ich is forever present in your tank it just takes the right conditions to start it of, eg a stressed fish.

but careful maintenance and good water conditions should be enough to keep the stuff away.

This is my experience, not gospel though.