I'm an Idiot

[daniella3d]

yes maybe...are you sure it's ick? have you id it under a microscope?

Might be just some skin irritation/pimples or a skin reaction to something.

What you describe is rare though and not representative of ich infestation.

With ich, it seem that there is different level of infection and it come be quite mild at the beginning only to become plague proportion and kill every fish at some point. Sometime it's just the opposite and it start big and become less infective after a while and only a few bits of it show up here and there.

It is very hard to predict how "virulent" an infestation of ich will turn out. I guess there are a lot of influencing factors playing a role in each situation.

Originally Posted by MarkoD

Can you explain why one fish will get ich. And it will get worse and worse as the parasite multiplies. But all the other fish in the tank are not effected?

[marie]

Not only has this thread become humorous and interesting, not one person has said ........"Wow, are you ever an idiot"

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by marie

not one person has said ........"Wow, are you ever an idiot"

I was going to mention that, but then thought about what that would make me

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by marie

Not only has this thread become humorous and interesting, not one person has said ........"Wow, are you ever an idiot"

LOL, that didn't even cross my mind as I also would have never thought about treating a coral for ick No red bugs? Into the tank you go!

[Reefie]

Marie,

I've admired your tank from a far, and from what I've seen you'd be far from being an "idiot." Until reading this thread, I never knew that ich or some other parasites could be transferred from corals. So this thead is not ONLY entertaining, but informative as well. Hahaha!

Originally Posted by marie

Not only has this thread become humorous and interesting, not one person has said ........"Wow, are you ever an idiot"

[Lance]

Sorry to hear Marie. Let me know if you need a hand with anything.
Even though Ich is the Achille's Achilles, Doofus is fit as a fiddle and I'm sure he will be just fine.
Ever since my nasty episode with Ich & MV I've kept a QT tank set up. Anything going in the tanks stays in QT until I'm satisfied it's healthy. And you taught me that so I can call you an idiot.

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by Lance

Sorry to hear Marie. Let me know if you need a hand with anything.
Even though Ich is the Achille's Achilles, Doofus is fit as a fiddle and I'm sure he will be just fine.
Ever since my nasty episode with Ich & MV I've kept a QT tank set up. Anything going in the tanks stays in QT until I'm satisfied it's healthy. And you taught me that so I can call you an idiot.

You do this with new coral too Lance? This is honestly the first time I heard of people treating coral like fish as far as qt goes. I thought the good reefers dipped... and the bad reefers just tossed corals in.

[marie]

Originally Posted by Lance

........ so I can call you an idiot.

I knew I could at least count on you Lance

Originally Posted by lastlight

You do this with new coral too Lance? This is honestly the first time I heard of people treating coral like fish as far as qt goes. I thought the good reefers dipped... and the bad reefers just tossed corals in.

Once you have gone through the hassle of quarantining your fish, it only makes sense to carry through.....Ideally one should quarantine everything wet for at least 6 weeks.
Normally I quarantine everything for at least a couple of weeks. I have a tank with live rock and sand that is just for that purpose... but 27 pieces of coral some on largish rock, kind of overwhelmed me.......

[lastlight]

You can watch a fish for parasites though how would you ever see it on rock or coral? Or is the idea that these things could potentially be on these surfaces but cannot live 6 weeks without a fish?

[marie]

Originally Posted by lastlight

.......Or is the idea that these things could potentially be on these surfaces but cannot live 6 weeks without a fish?

^^^^^^^^^This one^^^^^^

Also the coral can be monitored for flatworms, aiptasia, majanos and anything else one really doesn't want to have to remove from the display