"Bill Stock" wrote in message
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"Reel McKoi" wrote in message
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How would anyone know using this switching method if the ich isn't *again
hidden* in someone's gills??? And the stress alone of chasing and moving
the fish daily is more stress than anything else.
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I recently had an Ich outbreak too after moving some fish out of
quarantine into two different tanks. There was no sign of the Ich while
in quarantine (3 weeks), but it struck immediately after moving the fish.
I lost all the Clowns I moved to the one tank and one of the Yoyos I moved
to another tank.

Oh man,.... that's gotta hurt. :*(

I attribute the losses more to a crappy quarantine than the Ich outbreak.
I treated with QuickCure at half the dose because of the Tetras/Loaches.
The one tank cleared up right away and the existing residents never did
contract the Ich, I'm still treating the other tank (precaution) as the
Ich stayed with one Barb for almost a week.

I read a lot about Ich too and there is a lot of conflicting info. But I
don't see how you can be sure it's absolutely gone no matter how long you
treat.

There you go! I read so much conflicting information on Ich over the years
I'm inclined to dismiss most of it. I remember having a 150g plant pool go
fishless for months out back. MONTHS!!!! As soon as I added some cull
goldfish to keep the mosquitoes under control they came down with ich. I
believe it does have a form that goes dormant or into some kind of state of
suspended animation until it's stimulated to activity by the nearness of
fish. Maybe it picks up their pheromones or something they excrete or give
off.

How can you know that the free swimmers haven't hatched between doses
of medication and attached to a fish based on their sheer numbers. If they
were in the gills you would never know.

This is true. I wound think there would be flashing or scratching though,
wouldn't you? Gills are sensitive. I saw no flashing.


I think my next quarantine will get a precautionary dose of QuickCure. The
"fish guy" at the LFS actually recommended it when I asked, but I did not
want to over medicate.

I agree with him. I almost always treat them for parasites when in
quarantine. It's the safest way to go.

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RM....
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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