Hello,
To begin my story, several days ago I looked into my aquarium & noticed
that one of my guppy had white spot on his top fin, the rest of his body was fine. I initially suspected he had Ick.
I was about to treat the whole tank with Ick treatment, but did a double check of other possible diseases. I came across "stress ick" (Lymphocystis).
The symptoms looked like it could be lymphocystis & I also read that it could make lymphocystis worse if you incorrectly treat the aquarium for Ick
and to make sure it is Ick before starting treatment.
So I took their advice and delayed treatment and kept monitoring the guppy.
I suspected if the guppy had Ick, the number of spots would increase daily and other fish might start showing white spots. However, after 3 days I see no increase in number of spots on the guppy and no other fish in the tank are showing any symptoms of white spot disease. Therefore, I suspect my guppy has lymphocystis (it gets chased by a Yoyo loach so may get stressed by this).
As part of researching Ick I read articles about using garlic to make the fish's immune system stronger to fight off Ick.
I was wondering if it would be advisable, even if no fish have Ick,
and as a matter of routine, and to give the fish a mixed diet, to somedays feed the fish with garlic to slowly strengthen their immune system to fight off any future presence of Ick ?
what do you think ?
To begin my story, several days ago I looked into my aquarium & noticed
that one of my guppy had white spot on his top fin, the rest of his body was fine. I initially suspected he had Ick.
I was about to treat the whole tank with Ick treatment, but did a double check of other possible diseases. I came across "stress ick" (Lymphocystis).
The symptoms looked like it could be lymphocystis & I also read that it could make lymphocystis worse if you incorrectly treat the aquarium for Ick
and to make sure it is Ick before starting treatment.
So I took their advice and delayed treatment and kept monitoring the guppy.
I suspected if the guppy had Ick, the number of spots would increase daily and other fish might start showing white spots. However, after 3 days I see no increase in number of spots on the guppy and no other fish in the tank are showing any symptoms of white spot disease. Therefore, I suspect my guppy has lymphocystis (it gets chased by a Yoyo loach so may get stressed by this).
As part of researching Ick I read articles about using garlic to make the fish's immune system stronger to fight off Ick.
I was wondering if it would be advisable, even if no fish have Ick,
and as a matter of routine, and to give the fish a mixed diet, to somedays feed the fish with garlic to slowly strengthen their immune system to fight off any future presence of Ick ?
what do you think ?