question about ick

[mytank90]

i was told that my triggers can get ick from live food?is that true?

[marie]

Ich is a parasite like fleas or ticks, if the live food has ich then it will be introduced to the tank and all the fish in the tank are at risk

[aussiecoral]

ich is always present in the tank. At first i didn't believe that theory but when my fishes have ich, i decided putting in the ich medication, the medication kill all the benificial bacteria and wipe out the entire tank. Using the medication for one week and 2 weeks leaving the tank alone let it cycle again. After cycle period is done, i introduce new fish in the tank and boom ich starts again, so i believe ich is always present in the tank.

[findingnemo1]

Originally Posted by aussiecoral

ich is always present in the tank. At first i didn't believe that theory but when my fishes have ich, i decided putting in the ich medication, the medication kill all the benificial bacteria and wipe out the entire tank. Using the medication for one week and 2 weeks leaving the tank alone let it cycle again. After cycle period is done, i introduce new fish in the tank and boom ich starts again, so i believe ich is always present in the tank.

Your tank needs to be left fishless for 6-8 weeks thats why your ick keeps coming back.
It is not always present in tanks...

[Piscez]

FWIW my hippo tang developed ich shortly after moving in, I chose to do nothing and within a couple of weeks it went away, it's come back again in less forms of severity every so often, but Dorey has always kept it's appetite.