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exile415
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How does ick start ???
who dey
Active Member
Some ick is usually always present in an established tank. Now if your animals will contract it depends on a few different key variables and they all boil down to a stressed out animal. Abnormal water parameters will stress out an animal and make it susceptable to ick. Aggressive fish which may pick on or restrict an animals food source will cause stress, and also bio-overload in an environment can cause stress as well. So many different ways for an animal to contract the disease. I have found running a uv sterilizer can kill most free swimming ick and is a great preventative maintenance tool for an aquarium.
elfdoctors
Active Member
The above information is only accurate for freshwater ich. Some people can manage to keep their fish alive as some fish can develop a low level immunity to ich so there is a lower amount of the parasite in their systems (sometimes with the use of UV systems and garlic).
If you have set up your tank properly and do not add any infected fish (usually by quarantining), you will NEVER have ich in your tank. If you do this, your tank will be much healthier as is is hard to eliminate all forms of stress.
If you have set up your tank properly and do not add any infected fish (usually by quarantining), you will NEVER have ich in your tank. If you do this, your tank will be much healthier as is is hard to eliminate all forms of stress.