Hi all! my first post here

[reefburnaby]

Hi,

When fish get sufficiently stressed or water conditions change, the slim that protects the fish will temporarily fall off. Under these conditions, any disease or ick can easily attack the fish with no mercy. Something like a tank change can do that.

Ick is a fairly neat little bug. It is true that Ick can only survive if there is a host. Unless your reef is 100% sterile, there will be enough pods, shrimp and other decaying foods to keep a very small population of ick alive for a very long time. So, it is almost impossible to get rid of ick. I think of it as hair algae or cyano...you think you got them last time, but they are always lurking around for another opportunity. That's my opninon of ick.

- Victor.