ich question... this one is a little different

[bpro32]

Ok so I may just be thinking about this logically and not biologically but bear with me.
Condition 1: Ich cannot live without a fish host
Condition 2: Healthy fish can fight off ich when present in the water.
Assuming both of these are true, and I've heard they are from multiple sources, will ich die off after 6 weeks with only healthy fish in the system?

 

[prime311]

No. Healthy fish can fight off the parasite but they still live long enough to reproduce. The fish will technically have ich, but it will be such a small amount that you dont see it.

 

[spanko]

Think Typhoid Mary.

 

[flower]

Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3005154
Think Typhoid Mary.
Isn't that another word for Hippo and Powder Blue Tang? JK

Just seems that way.

 

[bpro32]

Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3005154
Think Typhoid Mary.

Maybe I'm being ignorant... but I don't get it.

 

[spanko]

Typhoid Mary, was the first person in the United States to be identified as a healthy carrier of typhoid fever

 

[bpro32]

Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3005832
Typhoid Mary, was the first person in the United States to be identified as a healthy carrier of typhoid fever
oooooooohhhh.. ok i get it. ICH=BAD