Sadielynn
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Ok rather than having a post hijacked ... I thought maybe we could share some thoughts on ich . How to rid it and causes of it
This is from a previous post.Sadielynn said:My reasons to believe this is that stuff can stay dormant for so long.... That in and of itself does not mean it to be fact.... But I have also do the qt thing and gone fallow for 12 weeks (no corals at all it was in the beginning of our system)placed our clowns in qt for that time treated with garlic , hypo , the display we increased temp to 82* and hypO treated it as well since it was only live rock and sand. Since the parasites can not live in hypO then it should kill them right? Well we placed them into the system and the clowns developed ich .... So where it came from is any ones guess because nothing was added ... So I do believe it is in every system , but because it is opportunistic and the clowns were healthy due to the stuffing their faces they fought it off . And survived .... they have not had it since....
My reasons to believe this is that stuff can stay dormant for so long.... That in and of itself does not mean it to be fact.... But I have also done the qt thing and gone fallow for 12 weeks (no corals at all it was in the beginning of our system)placed our clowns in qt for that time treated with garlic , hypo , the display we increased temp to 82* and hypO treated it as well since it was only live rock and sand. Since the parasites can not live in hypO then it should kill them right? Well we placed them into the system and the clowns developed ich .... So where it came from is any ones guess because nothing was added ... So I do believe it is in every system , but because it is opportunistic and the clowns were healthy due to the stuffing their faces they fought it off . And survived .... they have not had it since....roka64 said:I know there is speculation on this, but if the tank goes fallow for 8 weeks and the ich starves/dies, where would the new ich come from?Sadielynn said:I am of the opinion that ich is present in all systems.
alaher2 said:According to my LFS owner, who has been in the hobby for the past 15yrs, he claims that the Ich parasites can be found in any tank and will always be there. Going fallow will limit the amount of parasites but they still can be found within the substrate and the only way to properly fight the parasites is by maintaining healthy water parameters and keeping the stress level of the fish as low as possible, so the fish themselves can battle the parasites properly. I just thought I would add his two cents into the debate, cause I am very interested myself.
While in qt the fish may still host a parasite because once there is a host they can live ...When said fish is in qt for a period and moved this becomes stressfull and the ever present ich presents itself as present...If the hosting fish dies, they will leave the corpse with in a few hours. The smallest ones go through conjugation and form a "permanent or resting stage", that is viable for a few weeks.
BINGOroka64 said:I agree, so, this makes me think ich is introduced to our tanks via active parasites or in the "latent stage" in the animal's gills or fins. There is no time interval on the "latent stage" that I could find. I think the move or the stress of a new environment can reactivate the "latent stage", even if hypo was done correctly. So if a fish has the "latent stage" and is QT'ed, and you move it to the new tank and he fits in and is happy, you may never see ich or know it is even there....
I second that!!!Sadielynn said:Please add this as a note this does not mean that you should skip QT
roka64 said:I second that!!!Sadielynn said:Please add this as a note this does not mean that you should skip QT