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Originally Posted by MrTuskfish
Yes, having an ich free tank isn't that difficult. I think real experts like Fenner, Goemans, and others would doubt that ich is present in most tanks. "Many" and "most" can be miles apart....I think you're correct on the "many". I also think the owners of those tanks are going to realize the seriousness of their situation before long. I seldom make statements like the following, but here goes. I'd bet that if you could poll only owners of tanks that have been running smoothly for, say 5 years, and have kept several fish alive for at least 5 years; you would find very few of them who thought they had ich in their tanks.
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I think you and I are largely on the same page.
I will diverge a bit though and at least suggest that there are at least some very knowledgable and successful reef keepers that have accepted "managing" ick. It definately can be eradicated and or kept out of a system, but in some cases the stress of treament maybe harder on the fish than living with the parisite.
Personally I am pretty confident that my system is clean, and I will not add any new fish without treating them first. That said, I have killed more than one fish doing preventiitive treatment.
IMO either approach (eradication vs managment) has it's risks and it's benifits. I won't call either approach wrong, but I will cry foul when I seen misinformation posted (like ick appearing out of thin air, ick learning to hide, ick universally being present in every tank.......).