boxfishlover
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hey guys, this has been a great thread. I do have a bit more to add. I did find some more information and it did come from a book unfortunately I did not write the name of it down but I will work on getting it. Here is what I learned. Ich is always and forever present in a up and running tank. It can remain dormant for long periods of time. There is a misconception that a new fish being introduced in a DT brings ich with it, yes it does happen but more times than not either the new fish is weak or stressed or stresses out the exsisting fish and in the weakened state the ich will then attach to the fish. The idea that removing your fish from the DT to "break" the cycle is a myth parasites exsist in all tanks period. If you were to remove your fish for a month and try this and then put them back and lower the temp on the tank or do something else to stress or weaken the fish according to this article ich would be present the next day. I laso read a small section on deactivating copper and carbon will deactivate copper in water/rock/& substrate it may take a bit longer in the rock and substrate but it will eventually be completely gone. More or less the article said chemicals are really a must for the aquarium hobbyist. I also read a snipet about the effects of copper on inverts and there have been tests performed to substaniate that not just red hairy hermits but all hermit crabs are not affected by copper and it is not harmful to them. As I said I will do my best to get authors names and book titles and repost them. Let me also add after reading this I did call three different saltwater shops and instant ocean along with my friend and they did agree with what I read. Again I guess these are opinions but are opinions by more than one. Thanks for reading 
