is my tank ichy?!?!?!?

[lion_ish]

ich is a parasite right? if so what does it look like because i have little well things on the glass of my tank i have not added fish yet but i want to know before i hurt or kill a fish?

 

[lion_crazz]

No, they are most likely some type of worm. Ich is a parasite that you would see attached to your fish. What do you have in the tank right now? Do you have a quarantine tank set-up for new fish additions?

 

[lion_ish]

i will set up a qt but right now i have two emerald crabs Lr and sand in the tank

 

[sepulatian]

Originally Posted by Lion_ish
i will set up a qt but right now i have two emerald crabs Lr and sand in the tank
Ich will not live on inverts. Just make sure you qt all new additions.

 

[sac10918]

Ich wont be seen in the water or in a tank unless it is on a fish. It is a parasite that has to have a fish to live on. When you put a fish in your tank, there is the possibility that ich can be on the fish. That is why people quarantine their fish before putting them in the tank- so they don't bring in ich.