ecancienne1983
Aquarium Advice Activist
Yea they fall off but you dont actually see it these are microscopic organisims ill find that article i read and post it on here
He has a kinda slimy coating over him?
And he is looking rather white?
Then it's Ich
Believe it or not ich is always present in a fish, but just when the fish is stressed,like being moved from tank to tank, that's when it shows up.
To lower the rate of stress on a fish and to find the best, most healthy fish I would do one of four things
1.) find someone local to you who has wholesale fish, or who is a diver in coastal waters
2.) Get your divers license and a fish retrieving permit, would take a long while, but I have mine, and my life's never been the same
2.) don't buy from chain stores, because the fish they receive have been transferred from place to place, tanks to tanks to much. (Petco)
4.) Keep water parameters in check
Ah ok got ya well than can u tell me why three of my fish in my DT are still alive bc i had an outbreak in there and lost a few fish awhile back and they are still alive and show no signs of ick they are two green chromis and a damsel?
Chromis and damsels are pretty hardy to the parasite ich.
Well i guess im going to get rid of them and leave all my tanks fallow again for 12 weeks bc this ick is starting to make this hobby be a pain for me
Why dump all the water out
Clownfish are actually not damsels, they are in the same family as damsels but are completely different than them.