steve-s said:
So far, the only thing we have dissagreed upon is the use of treatment as apposed to allowing the fish to "heal" itself. So far, the abstracts you have brought to the discussion only support my reasoning that the fish is better treated. I also have not dissagreed with you concerning meds in the reagrd of C. irritns. I have always advocated for the use of hyposalinity which is a non-medicated treatment.
If I am wrong, please point out where...
Cheers
Steve
Steve, I respect your posts and opinions and I also do not wish to argue.
But I think we are miscommunicating here:
I never suggested that the fish not be medicated. I do not believe that this marine fish can just heal itself just by being in warmer water with more salt.
Here is what I meant in my initial post sir (my post quotes are in bold):
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Raising temps and salinity first would be very good IMO.
Please note that I said "first".
QT ing the fish immediately and adding meds would be, if I were the fish, harsh.
what I meant by this was, that I thought the fish might have a better chance of surviving meds with other factors adjusted to it's favor first.
I suggest raising temps to 80-82 F and salinity to 1.024-025 within a 48 hour period.
Please note that I said suggest.
Then go from there, very slowly (if you decide to use meds etc)
Meaning if you decide to use meds, or hypo or
FW dip or whatever afterwards.
just my 2 cents worth.
Please also note that I said 2 cents worth, I am not trying to state as fact.
I am not some naturopathic extremist that thinks that everything will just heal itself. I understand the life cycle of the parasite. My suggestion would apply to either QT or in the main tank.
Because you always have your QT tank's salinity and temp matched to your main tank while standing by,
right?
So the ENTIRE basis of what we are discussing is as follows:
I was trying to suggest simply this:
"Before you medicate or treat the animal, correct it's environment to proper parameters"
You stated this:
"It will stress the animal more, to alter the temp or salinity BEFORE you treat it for the parasite"
I think that's a pretty simple debate.
Now all I would like to see is a study showing WHICH method is less stressful to the animal.
Thanks for your patience and understanding, Steve.