bosk1
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Okay, I apologize in advance if my question offends anyone. As some know from another thread, I have an ich infestation in my 55 gallon right now that I am in the process of heat treating. (I'm just under a week in) Things seemed to be going alright, but I did have a casualty yesterday: the clown loach that I had it the worst didn't make it. That's the background...
I am bringing the dead loach back to the store today (it is 2 weeks since I bought him, and the store has a 2 week return alive or dead for ANY reason policy) to get a refund, with the thought that I would buy another loach later after the ich clears up. After all, I do NOT want to introduce new fish to a tank that is known to have sick fish. ...or do I? That is the question that just occurred to me. Of course, I would NEVER want to introduce fish to bad situation on purpose. Let me make that perfectly clear. But here is my reasoning for even asking this question: If the heat is at 88-89 F, there should be no danger in the ich spreading because any spores that are in the water will die quickly, correct? Therefore, a replacement clown loach should be in no danger, correct? And it occurs to me that this might actually be safer than waiting until after I am done heat treating because: (1) I do not have a qt tank, and (2) clown loaches are supposedly so prone to ich that any new one might have it, but possibly not in a detectable stage yet, and the heat would be good for him. So, again, I would not intentionally subject my fish to something that would be bad for them. But it strikes me that this might actually be good for a new fish, unless I am missing something. But I don't know. Something still just doesn't seem right about the idea. I am not decided, and will not add a new fish unless others here think it is a good idea. So...thoughts? Am I totally off base here, or am I on to something? Maybe now isn't the right time, but maybe the last week of the heat treatment would be good? I don't know...
I am bringing the dead loach back to the store today (it is 2 weeks since I bought him, and the store has a 2 week return alive or dead for ANY reason policy) to get a refund, with the thought that I would buy another loach later after the ich clears up. After all, I do NOT want to introduce new fish to a tank that is known to have sick fish. ...or do I? That is the question that just occurred to me. Of course, I would NEVER want to introduce fish to bad situation on purpose. Let me make that perfectly clear. But here is my reasoning for even asking this question: If the heat is at 88-89 F, there should be no danger in the ich spreading because any spores that are in the water will die quickly, correct? Therefore, a replacement clown loach should be in no danger, correct? And it occurs to me that this might actually be safer than waiting until after I am done heat treating because: (1) I do not have a qt tank, and (2) clown loaches are supposedly so prone to ich that any new one might have it, but possibly not in a detectable stage yet, and the heat would be good for him. So, again, I would not intentionally subject my fish to something that would be bad for them. But it strikes me that this might actually be good for a new fish, unless I am missing something. But I don't know. Something still just doesn't seem right about the idea. I am not decided, and will not add a new fish unless others here think it is a good idea. So...thoughts? Am I totally off base here, or am I on to something? Maybe now isn't the right time, but maybe the last week of the heat treatment would be good? I don't know...
