Chewyrat77 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 How long do internal parasites and parasites in general excluding ich live in a cycled tank without a host? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) it varies from parasite to parasite. Ich will live up to 48 hours without a host. The average parasite is 5 days. Edited January 19, 2021 by James Black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 38 minutes ago, Chewyrat77 said: How long do internal parasites and parasites in general excluding ich live in a cycled tank without a host? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewyrat77 Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, James Black said: I have a 125 cycled that had African Cichlids and one bristlenose pleco in it. I recently sold all the cichlids and I'm keeping the tank cycled by feeding the basically empty tank. I have mollies in QT that will be going in there after that but I want to remove and QT the pleco as well just to be on the safe side. The cichlids had no signs of illness but I can't see internal parasites so that's why I'm asking how long to wait before putting the pleco and mollies in after QT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 36 minutes ago, Chewyrat77 said: I have a 125 cycled that had African Cichlids and one bristlenose pleco in it. I recently sold all the cichlids and I'm keeping the tank cycled by feeding the basically empty tank. I have mollies in QT that will be going in there after that but I want to remove and QT the pleco as well just to be on the safe side. The cichlids had no signs of illness but I can't see internal parasites so that's why I'm asking how long to wait before putting the pleco and mollies in after QT If you have had the bristlenose pleco in your care and it seems healthy and you know he hasn't been around fish with parasites I wouldn't quarintine him. There is a very slim chance your fish have internal parasites especially when you know where that fish has been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewyrat77 Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 The bristlenose has been with the cichlids who had never been quarantined. I was thinking to be on the safe side I could quarantine him before adding fish in with him that had just been quarantined/treated with the med trio. You think this is unnecessary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Manifesto Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 9 hours ago, Chewyrat77 said: I was thinking to be on the safe side I could quarantine him before adding fish in with him that had just been quarantined/treated with the med trio. Yes, quarantine him. It really isn't going to hurt and it will give you peace of mind. The only thing that would happen by not doing this is adding a potential vector for infecting the other fish. Its probably unnecessary, but if he was in with other 'un-treated' fish, then there is a risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewyrat77 Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 Ok. Do you have any idea how long internal parasites live without a host? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 It different for each type on parasite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewyrat77 Posted February 2, 2021 Author Share Posted February 2, 2021 On 1/19/2021 at 6:26 AM, Mr_Manifesto said: Yes, quarantine him. It really isn't going to hurt and it will give you peace of mind. The only thing that would happen by not doing this is adding a potential vector for infecting the other fish. Its probably unnecessary, but if he was in with other 'un-treated' fish, then there is a risk. How long would you leave the main tank without fish or the bristlenose empty before you felt safe adding all the QT fish and bristlenose back into the main tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Manifesto Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Ich can live 7-10 days without a host, and internal parasites are pretty similar. I'd say at least 2 weeks to be safe, in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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