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Originally Posted by jimmyj7090
There is so much confusing info / opinion in this thread......
-ick is a parisite with a well known life cycle. It absolutely can be eradicated if the correct measures are taken. "ick is present in every tank" is absolutely not true and it is very misleading when people make such statements. Parisites do not appear out of thin air. They have to come in on something, period.
-ick outbreaks are definately stress related. When ick IS present in a system, any new stressor is likely to make it flare up.
-QT is QT. Treatment is treatment. Treatment needs to be done in QT, but QT does not treat.
-"treatment" is either hyposalinity or copper. (or the transfer method, but that scares me  )
-QT without treatment is helpful for letting a fish acclimate in peace and be in the best place to fight the parisite if the fish is then placed in a system where ick IS present. QT without treatment absolutely does not assure that the fish is not carrying ick.
-Ick can be managed in a healthy system, and the vast majority of reef tanks are living with ick but managing it. |
Nicely said
Marine ich is a living thing/parasite if you never let it in your tank you will never have it.
So treat all fish as if they have it even if they don't.
The parasite is smart you may think it goes away but it doesn't it will learn your light cycles and hide when the lights come on. You can turn the lights on in the middle of the night and that's when you will catch them.
So don't assume your fish just got over it cause they didn't! The parasite just got smarter