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Originally Posted by Reef Pilot
Unfortunately, it is comments like these that often mislead newbies into taking the easy route and not QT'ing new fish properly. You can compare it to a cold if you like, but I'm quite certain that more fish have died in home aquariums due to ich (and velvet), than for any other reason.
Read this, and then tell me that healthy fish can't be killed by Ich.
http://www.reefland.com/forum/marine...ths-facts.html |
Ofcourse ich an velvet are responsible for maximum death because they are very common in the hobby and people always look for cure after things have gone terribly wrong. There are many great tank owners who don't QT and there are many extremely poor tanks whose's owners QT. At the end, it depends on the individual and nothing beat's good husbandry. And if good husbandry is "the easy route", then so be it. I have fought ich myself and I did nothing but feed and feed and feed and I am yet to see any ich in my tank.
I strongly believe that in the end, nothing beats good husbandry
And fish's immune system. And I do believe that "comment's like these" part was a bit harsh since there are some experienced hobbyist who did agree to my previous post
Honestly, nothing is "wrong" or "right" in this hobby other than few basic rules (like keeping marine fishes in saltwater
). It all comes down to individuals. Some have success with hypo and copper while others don't....did they do it wrong? Maybe, maybe not....but I would say its all part of the nature's game.
And healthy fish can't get ich.....healthy fish, when stressed, can get ich
I just don't get it; how can a sick fish which is stressed already is further stressed by catching it, putting it in a small tank and doing things like jumbling between tanks, making it live in a hyposaline water or passing strong medicine like copper through its gill can help. Sure a surgery can be performed with no anesthesia but how would it feel? Maybe I am over-pessimist and rely overly on good husbandry.....