To Start Over

[unknowntbeast]

My friend's fish all died after a futile attempt to save them from ich. He wants to know if it is better to start fresh or treat the tank with meds and heat.

 

[Cazgar]

If he now has no fish, then best to start over & do a fish less cycle, as it will take at least 30 days for the ich to die out

 

[Prime Ordeal]

If you can get the temperature to 31C or higher the ich will die out within 5 days even without meds, but I'd use meds as well just in case.

 

[Toxic Dover]

Hey guys, I'm the one the OP was talking about. I've spent the past couple days reading through the forums and seem to be learning a lot. I've decided to do a full fish-less cycle and set the tank up properly this time around and do it right. My one question about the ich, though - I'm going to dump the tank and clean everything and start fresh, and I'm assuming the ammonia and the 30+ cycle days with no hosts will kill off any remaining traces of the disease, but before I bank on that assumption, I just want to make sure I'm thinking correctly. Thanks guys!

 

[snazy]

To be honest, there was no need to start the tank over.
The ich dies without a host if the tank is left running for 2 weeks max. You could have just dosed a bit of ammonia from time to time to keep the filter bacteria fed.