copepods or parasites - Page 2 - Aquarium Advice

dskidmore · 07-14-2006, 09:55 AM

A) He was selling you medicine instead of fish, right?
B) The only way food would introduce parasites is if you're feeding live food. Freeze dried, flake, etc can not carry live parasites. Overfeeding will increase your pod population, but they are not bad for the tank in and of themselves. (Overfeeding can increase your ammonia levels, which can be bad for the tank.) Parasites will die without a host. They infect the host because they need the host to complete thier life cycle. None of the parasites known to the aquarium industry will live without a host for 8 weeks.

What symptoms did your fish have? I'd suspect they died of ammonia poisoning, not parasites. Even if it was parasites, there's a very high likelyhood that they came from the store with those parasites.

ccCapt · 07-14-2006, 06:47 PM

Bleach???? You're kidding I hope. Bleach will kill EVERYTHING in your tank.

If you can see it, chances are it is not a parasite unless it is actually attached to the fish.

**melosu58** · 07-14-2006, 06:53 PM

I agree that they are not parasites. You would not see them unless they were attached to the fish. I think that they are pods. DO NOT BLEACH.

07-14-2006, 09:55 AM	#11
dskidmore Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Genesee Valley Posts: 2,290 Images: 1	A) He was selling you medicine instead of fish, right? B) The only way food would introduce parasites is if you're feeding live food. Freeze dried, flake, etc can not carry live parasites. Overfeeding will increase your pod population, but they are not bad for the tank in and of themselves. (Overfeeding can increase your ammonia levels, which can be bad for the tank.) Parasites will die without a host. They infect the host because they need the host to complete thier life cycle. None of the parasites known to the aquarium industry will live without a host for 8 weeks. What symptoms did your fish have? I'd suspect they died of ammonia poisoning, not parasites. Even if it was parasites, there's a very high likelyhood that they came from the store with those parasites. __________________ 75 gallon freshwater Baby shrimp sighted! 2.5 Gallon unpowered freshwater now with high light 0.25 gallon palmtop doomed to an unlit end?

07-14-2006, 06:47 PM	#12
ccCapt SW 10 & Over Community Mentor Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Northeast PA Posts: 1,875 Images: 3	Bleach???? You're kidding I hope. Bleach will kill EVERYTHING in your tank. If you can see it, chances are it is not a parasite unless it is actually attached to the fish. __________________ 125g reef See My Tank Info Check out The build project /Larry

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