CPryor
Aquarium Advice Activist
I work at a pet store, and lately I've had a rash of people come in for parasite medicine and quarantine tanks. I've been asking customers about the 'source' of the disease (to see if we had a shipment of "carrier fish", and about half of them claim the sick fish come from elsewhere, or that didn't add anything to the tank recently. Do you guys find that certain diseases and infections crop up at certain times of the year 0_o?
Could it be people's water quality is getting worse because of rising temps? Maybe the breeders are sending sick fish because they're trying to keep up with demand (but then, this should have happened just after christmas.....) I'm really trying to wrap my head around this one!
Also; a lady came in looking for parasite meds because her fish was "pooping long strands of white gunk" stringy in some places and gunky in others.....that stumped me. Any thoughts?
Could it be people's water quality is getting worse because of rising temps? Maybe the breeders are sending sick fish because they're trying to keep up with demand (but then, this should have happened just after christmas.....) I'm really trying to wrap my head around this one!
Also; a lady came in looking for parasite meds because her fish was "pooping long strands of white gunk" stringy in some places and gunky in others.....that stumped me. Any thoughts?