Considering a Blue Hippo Tang - Is Ich a guarantee?

florida joe

florida joe

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Originally Posted by Sxy_kya_06
Remember all fish are exposed to low levels of ich. Crytpocaryon will only attach itself to fish with low immine systems. if you do come across ich, treat is asap. Ich can also cause secondary infections to. my tank has had it twice, and i do not have a qt yet. everyone is still a live and well.
Just take a gun and someone shoot me PLEASE Low levels of ick is like being almost pregnant you either are or are no your fish either have ick or they don’t if they have it treat for it if they don’t THERE IS NO ICK
 
florida joe

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Originally Posted by ccampbell57
I fully agree with what Joe is trying to say, BUT the issue is that you can QT your fish for an infinate amount of time and get them to be disease free, but when you add a new fish into the mix, NO matter how clean they are, if the others are stressed out by their arrival they will get sick. AND with tangs, when they get sick they get ich.
Ich is like humans getting the flu.
Shoot me again please
 
florida joe

florida joe

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Originally Posted by 95Harley
So that's really the question there....Are Hippos just easy to be attacked by Ich (if present) or do they always carry it and it pops out on them during moves/stress and can infect the rest of the tank.
Seems to me if you Hypo a fish and kill the parasite you eliminate the chance of spreading the parasite. But I hear so much about Hippos and Ich that wonder if it is something else?
no ick means no ick means no popping out
 
florida joe

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1journeyman said:
Tangs are prone to carry Ich. They are also prone to getting stressed and therefore falling victim more easily to Ich already present.
Rest assured, Tangs are not some kind of dark aquatic sorcerers that summon the parasite to infect your tank late at night
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You’re my friend have come to the aid of my sanity
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florida joe

florida joe

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Originally Posted by 1journeyman
Tangs are prone to carry Ich. They are also prone to getting stressed and therefore falling victim more easily to Ich already present.
Rest assured, Tangs are not some kind of dark aquatic sorcerers that summon the parasite to infect your tank late at night

You’re my friend have come to the aid of my sanity
 
srfisher17

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Originally Posted by 1journeyman
Tangs are prone to carry Ich. They are also prone to getting stressed and therefore falling victim more easily to Ich already present.
Rest assured, Tangs are not some kind of dark aquatic sorcerers that summon the parasite to infect your tank late at night

Thanks! There is a school of thought, often expressed on this forum, that says ich is ALWAYS present in tanks. IMO, a good understanding or this parasites life cycle is a must for all hobbiests and will de-bunk this school of thought. I seem to remember reading that certain fish, maybe especially some tangs, are more prone to ich attack because of their tiny scales (maybe not). If any fish is properly QT'd and put into a ich-free DT; getting ich is impossible. I'm not pushing it; but, I think using copper(Cupramine brand) or hypo-salinity in QT is worth considering. IMO, using carefully monitored copper in QT is not at all harmful; many holding facilities and wholesalers do it regularly. There are fish, such as dwarf angels, that don't tolerate copper well..so check first.
 
florida joe

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Originally Posted by srfisher17
Thanks! There is a school of thought, often expressed on this forum, that says ich is ALWAYS present in tanks. IMO, a good understanding or this parasites life cycle is a must for all hobbiests and will de-bunk this school of thought. I believe that certain fish, maybe especially some tangs, are more prone to ich attack because they lack scales (maybe not). If any fish is properly QT'd and put into a ich-free DT; getting ich is impossible.
Wow Steve aren’t we becoming the silver tongued devil
 
srfisher17

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Originally Posted by florida joe
Wow Steve aren’t we becoming the silver tongued devil

Joe, I just edited and added more silver-tongue drivel. BTW, I'm guess I've been listening to too much political jabber, today being your State's primary and all....
 
srfisher17

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Originally Posted by ccampbell57
Here you go Joe...enjoy
OOOOOOH!!1I would have loved one of these way back in my deer poaching days in Northern Wisconsin!
 
1journeyman

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Originally Posted by srfisher17
Thanks! There is a school of thought, often expressed on this forum, that says ich is ALWAYS present in tanks. ...
I know... I've made it my personal quest to kill this fallacy if it takes me the next hundred years...
 
95harley

95harley

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Originally Posted by 1journeyman
Tangs are prone to carry Ich. They are also prone to getting stressed and therefore falling victim more easily to Ich already present.
Rest assured, Tangs are not some kind of dark aquatic sorcerers that summon the parasite to infect your tank late at night


So want to hear a funny? On my "Last" fish that I added to my display I trusted the source and added Ich to my tank. All that after QT ing every other fish for 1 month. I have since pulled that bad boy out (who died) and treated my tank with Kick Ich and all has been cured for some time now with no repeat outbreaks....
But here is the funny...My Queen Angel, Maroon Clown, Yellow & Naso Tang did not get ich..Only my Lion and Tusk got it.
My guess is the Herb's / Omni's ate Nori soaked in Zoe and selcon as well as Form 1&2 and the Carnivores did not.
So that debunks the Myth of Tangs get it first.
 
florida joe

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Originally Posted by ccampbell57
Here you go Joe...enjoy
thank you so much now I will not get ick oh sorry I mean the flu (You do know all this is in fun with the purpose of educating )
 
al mc

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Originally Posted by florida joe
thank you so much now I will not get ick oh sorry I mean the flu (You do know all this is in fun with the purpose of educating )
I thought you were serious Joe...I will recall the S.W.A.T. team that was being dispatched to find you and put you out of your Ich misery
 
florida joe

florida joe

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Originally Posted by Al Mc
I thought you were serious Joe...I will recall the S.W.A.T. team that was being dispatched to find you and put you out of your Ich misery

oh no who is that braking my door down ......... hay guys wait I am a VET oh s--t
 
srfisher17

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Originally Posted by 1journeyman
http:///forum/post/2448829
I know... I've made it my personal quest to kill this fallacy if it takes me the next hundred years...
Yeah, the theory that ich is always present and just lying in wait just doesn't work. All of us, who have kept SW fish for a while have seen a fish die, over time, for no apparent reason. They stop eating, then just fade away. We know its coming and there's noting we can do; maybe its just old age. These fish certainly have compromised immune systems and if the "ich is always there" theory were fact; why wouldn't they be covered with ich sores (we see the white dead tissue, not the actual parasite) by the time they die?
 
florida joe

florida joe

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Originally Posted by srfisher17
http:///forum/post/2450330
Yeah, the theory that ich is always present and just lying in wait just doesn't work. All of us, who have kept SW fish for a while have seen a fish die, over time, for no apparent reason. They stop eating, then just fade away. We know its coming and there's noting we can do; maybe its just old age. These fish certainly have compromised immune systems and if the "ich is always there" theory were fact; why wouldn't they be covered with ich sores (we see the white dead tissue, not the actual parasite) by the time they die?
Steve just wondering did you take a journalist course while you were waiting for my Giants to win
 
srfisher17

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Originally Posted by florida joe
http:///forum/post/2450353
Steve just wondering did you take a journalist course while you were waiting for my Giants to win
That was a great game, nobody expected the Packers to even make the playoffs, much less host the NFC title game. But, I'll be pulling for Eli & your Giants. But, just to stay on topic: I know how you QT. Have you ever seen ich appear out of nowhere?
 
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