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Originally Posted by Reefkeeper  Being a newbie, this might sound dumb. But if a healthy fish can hide ich and it comes out when under stress ,and you've thought you have cured it, then couldn't you stress the fish out to see if you have really got it all? wouldn't that tell you for sure ? dumb Q.? |
Nope not a dumb question. And this topic is one that will never die or go away pretty muck like ich in my opinion . I have always thought ich to just always be . I have seen fish in a system go for yrs nothing new added or removed nothing ever changed and one day a be it one or even a few of the old fish to be sporting spots.. Then I have had the very same experience to be brought on in a established tank again nothing new or removed and let the water get to warm or cold and out it pops also have seen a change in the system lighting period to bring it up from the depths . So I'm of the school all tanks have it and all will have it and if anyone ever tells you that they have never had an outbreak they are being less then truthful..
Honestly I think to much concern is given to this problem in that it alone is seldom if ever fatal . And more harm is done by ruining the waters quality with mediations and such to no avail .. And then the just messing with the tank in general poking around and trying to get rid of ich.. I just don't worry about it or try to treat it I just let the fish be and 99.9 % they alway slough it off on their own . I have a hippo tang sporting a few specks the otherday now they are clear and gone ..