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Originally Posted by THEDLO
Ah ok. Yea i was just curious if they were other similar looking parasites. what I've gone through was and is ich. I'm a little disappointed in my self that I didn't take any pics when my fish were infested. :/
I do agree that recently everyone has been calling any mark/bump ich. Scratching/rubbing is the second conformation I used when I suspect ich. I have noticed that fish that generally sleep in the same spot get it the worst. e.g. hippos, when mine would get it bad i would cover up its sleeping niche and after a couple days the second wave of parasites would not be as big/or as many spots. just my observation.
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Another thing I can't figure out: why so many ich cases now and so little mention of Velvet? For most of my years in the hobby, Velvet was a much bigger concern than ich. I think its tougher to see & cure and kills faster, IMO & IME. You never hear of it on this forum though. I was at the best LFS within 150 miles a few weeks ago and fish in 3 tanks had velvet. They weren't on a central system and an employee got right on it. I know the owner and he said they have seen a lot of it lately, its always been a problem for them, but worse than usual now.