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Originally Posted by MrTuskfish
Most of the people on this thread who think that fish can fight off ich have one thing in common: they seem to be experienced hobbyists and agree that good husbandry is vital in their success. I'm not going into a long spiel about my belief that ich is often mis-identified or try to explain the experiences of others. However, IMO, to give novice hobbyists (with little or no fishkeeping skills) the idea that ich isn't deadly and QT isn't vital is doing a great disservice to the beginning hobbyist. . Again, IMO.
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true thats why i threw in the disclaimer at the beginning, this is purely opinion based on my observations, and is not a rule for which people should measure there practices with.
reefing takes skill and patience, and wisdom to know when to intervene or when to wait and just watch. ( control freaks may have a problem with this, tho we all are to some degree control freaks
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but i also strongly agree with the quote below, simply cause when i started out i did what convenienced me, till the internet and books became my most valuable tool.
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Originally Posted by syrinx
I agree mrtusk- on several points- first the identification thing. A foto online is not a diagnosis- a scrape and microscopy or fecal float etc is the way to identify what is going on. Also- newbies are likely to at first,to latch on to what agrees with what they want to do-so no matter how many of us say to QT incomming fish- it takes one person to say otherwise- for them to justify it. People who want to learn will read everything and make a judgment based on all of the facts as they are known.
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Originally Posted by Gogandantess
Disagree. Leaving it alone to fight it off while it spreads in your display is not a good idea.
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this is what made me want to start this thread. on different occasions (if u read all the posts) i would have one fish be afflicted and yet none of my other fish would share in the same misfortune.