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Originally Posted by syrinx
I agree its misdiagnosed a lot- maybe half the time. Then again the treatments for the various parasites is often the same. I have as you say- seen healthy fish get it as well- but not without a major stress incident prior. These major stresses include- poweroutage,temp spike or drop, etc. I also think some of the "fresh from the ocean"strains will spank the healthiest fish-if a non qt`d ich factory like a tang or puffer is introduced without proper QT.
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+1 If you follow the "healthy fish don't get ich" theory, then wild tangs should never get it. They do, and there very few active ich parasites at the level tangs inhabit on the reef. If a healthy, wild tang could get any ich parasites, why wouldn't that same fish be covered with the parasite in a captive environment? The number of ich parasites in a tank (if present) have to be at a concentration thousands of times what the tang encounters on the reef. Please don't tell me its the garlic.