Cleaning your tank during a showing of ICH

[marie]

Why is everyone so obsessed with Ich, there are worse things to worry about then ich. If you are in a position to check a fish out closely before buying then thankfully there is a 99% chance you will never come across those worse things.

I am not in that position, everything I get is mailorder and after once losing half my fish to marine velvet I am not willing to chance going through it again (even if I could check a fish out before buying)

I have also found quarantining a fish easier on the fish then being dumped straight off into the display tank. Fish take less time to get used to eating prepared foods and are quicker to get used to my presence..... just my experience anyway and I have a regal angel, an achilles tang, 2 potters angels and a copperband butterfly

[daniella3d]

me, I am not upset with ich, I just don't want my fish to live with fleas if I can do something about it Make no mistake though..ich kill fish on regular basis. I read very often fish dying from ich.

how long do you have your copperband and what do you feed it?

Originally Posted by marie

a copperband butterfly

[marie]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

me, I am not upset with ich, I just don't want my fish to live with fleas if I can do something about it Make no mistake though..ich kill fish on regular basis. I read very often fish dying from ich.

how long do you have your copperband and what do you feed it?

I've had the copperband 3 yrs and it eats anything meaty, mysis and chopped up fish, squid, mussels, clams, prawns.....whatever seafood I can get my hands on

[Hawkaholic]

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[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Hawkaholic

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[Lance]

Originally Posted by marie

I have also found quarantining a fish easier on the fish then being dumped straight off into the display tank. Fish take less time to get used to eating prepared foods and are quicker to get used to my presence..... just my experience anyway and I have a regal angel, an achilles tang, 2 potters angels and a copperband butterfly

I absolutely agree Marie, as long as the QT tank is not ridiculously small; has appropriate water conditions; and several hiding places. Getting the new fish to unwind from its travels, and eating well is IMO a very important part of quarantining.