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Some words look very familiar here and someone trying to be a medic. Anyway, , , , Leave fallow going for 6-8 weeks to allow the parasites to die off without a host fish. At week 4 you can do a light siphoning in the fallow to remove any dead parasites although an option. As for treatment, treat with Coppersafe or Copper Power at therapeutic level 2.25-2.5 For a FULL 30 days (do not interrupt this 30 day period) monitored by a reliable Copper Test kit such as Hanna Brand- No API brand. Also monitor Ammonia levels while in quarantine with a reliable test kit and add aeration during treatment using an air stone.Thank you all for your guidance and advice @jamesb07 @Tamberav @vetteguy53081 @Jay Hemdal
Update on my situation: So I decided to house all of the fishes in a HT, treat them, and leave the tank fallow. It looks like all of them are now showing symptoms of ich. I am devastated by this but gotta move on and do what’s best. My blue tang seems to be doing the worse as of now. Currently only the blue tang and the royal dotty is in the HT as I did not manage to catch the others in the DT but I will try again tomorrow night. Also, I ordered a fine mesh net cover to keep off those pesky light bugs. In the meantime, I keep a close eye on the tank at night and schedule the lights to turn off earlier (Those light bugs seem to come out at night).
Question:
1) How long should I quarantine the fish and leave my tank fallow. Would 1 month be sufficient to kill off the ich?
2) Do I need to dose anything to my DT while it’s fallow to kill off the free swimming ich?
3) Will a fine mesh net cover interfere with oxygen, nitrogen cycle etc.?