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This may be true but then again it might not. I have not come across any peer reviewed controlled studies that indicate "dilution" is effective especially in our small systems even with lots of flow what's to prevent the flow from blowing infective parasites right onto the fish. If you have a peer reviewed study I would love to see it to explore this as a possibility. This organism lives in the ocean which at the reef crest probably gets more flow than would ever be practical in our tanks. And really with at least a diatom filter or better you don't remove them just recirculate them to all areas of the environment. Again I could be wrong, but I haven't seen any evidence this method has any efficacy, one or 2 peoples experience does not prove efficacy. There is good evidence waiting at least 45 days and you'll be on the right hand side of the frequency distribution maybe 1 or 2 SD. Go 72 days and you'll be closer to 6 SD of the mean excystment point. As has been noted you could still get the very rare and has been stated nothing is 100%, but I'd rather be as far out on the distribution as possible. If the method of dilution was as effective as you claim why do zoos and aquariums still practice quarantine. These places have professionals in the field and vets on staff. They made decisions based on tested evidence. They all no there is no 100%, but they can get to >90% confidence with tested methods.Yes - but aren't you the one who always tells those who practice management - that ich can still be present - undetected in the gills? Why shouldn't that be true after quarantine as well?
You see there are thousands of isolates of ich - velvet and many other cillates which have not been described. To pretend that any quarantine protocol is effective for all is delusional. Those who practice ich management through dilution assumme that ich or some other pathogen is present in their system everyday. This approach is works regardless of the variance in isolate life-cycle. It doesn't matter if its 72 days or 72 years. Dilution holds the pathogen below lethal concentrations continuously - and eventually the combination of filtration and the fishes own immune response yeilds a pathogen free environment.