Clown Loaches with Ich Mystery

"Nikki Casali" wrote in message
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1 clown loach survived the night.

I'm such an airhead for introducing new fish 2 weeks ago from my LFS
without quarantining them first. It's very rare that I buy fish because
the fish I do get live for years with absolutely no bother. My fish die
of old age.

The last time I introduced anything foreign into my aquarium was 10
months ago. This was a bunch of plants from the same chain of LFS.
Guess
what? I had a major bacterial infection and 1 fish died, my 9 inch
bala.
So I need to quarantine plants too.

I'm going to stick a big red sign on the underside of the lid to my
aquarium saying "Don't you dare!", just in case I become amnesic again.

I now have my whole aquarium draped in a curtain to prevent any light
from reaching it. I have read that the free swimming velvet parasites
use photosynthesis to make energy. The Protozin medication I'm using is
supposed to be good for velvet too. Probably cures all known cancers
too.

Nikki


Sorry for your loss Nikki. I've lost CLs to the same symptoms too,
usually new arrivals which weren't able to simultaneously acclimate to
the new water, fight off parasites and tolerate the medications. CLs and
Balas are notorious for this. It makes you feel so powerless and
frustrated while it's happening.

The over-confidence of dropping an unquarantined organism into an
established problem-free tank is something which catches all of us,
usually more than just once.

Just an FYI on Ich medications, though I don't know if it applies to
Protozin, but some of them use ingredients which are known to actually
*cause* cancer.
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www.NetMax.tk

NetMax wrote:
"Nikki Casali" wrote in message
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1 clown loach survived the night.

I'm such an airhead for introducing new fish 2 weeks ago from my LFS
without quarantining them first. It's very rare that I buy fish because
the fish I do get live for years with absolutely no bother. My fish die
of old age.

The last time I introduced anything foreign into my aquarium was 10
months ago. This was a bunch of plants from the same chain of LFS.

Guess

what? I had a major bacterial infection and 1 fish died, my 9 inch

bala.

So I need to quarantine plants too.

I'm going to stick a big red sign on the underside of the lid to my
aquarium saying "Don't you dare!", just in case I become amnesic again.

I now have my whole aquarium draped in a curtain to prevent any light
from reaching it. I have read that the free swimming velvet parasites
use photosynthesis to make energy. The Protozin medication I'm using is
supposed to be good for velvet too. Probably cures all known cancers

too.

Nikki



Sorry for your loss Nikki. I've lost CLs to the same symptoms too,
usually new arrivals which weren't able to simultaneously acclimate to
the new water, fight off parasites and tolerate the medications. CLs and
Balas are notorious for this. It makes you feel so powerless and
frustrated while it's happening.


Thanks. I hope I have learned some lessons and that if the worst happens
again I'm better prepared.

The over-confidence of dropping an unquarantined organism into an
established problem-free tank is something which catches all of us,
usually more than just once.

Just an FYI on Ich medications, though I don't know if it applies to
Protozin, but some of them use ingredients which are known to actually
*cause* cancer.


Nikki