In another thread, a poster asked about Ich parasites and Epiplatys annulatus killies. It got me wondering about the experiences of other people.
With time, I have gravitated toward smaller and smaller fish. I like the way they make a scaped tank look large.
I don't see a lot of Ich, usually every few years in quarantine. But when I worked in the business, travelling to large wholesale places, Ich was a problem. If you want chilled fish, go to Canada. Most people buy fish over the winter when they are indoors more, and the fish have to pass through airport cargo where proper care isn't the norm. If Ich is present, even slightly chilled fish are perfect victims.
As a kid, I'd carefully carry my tetras inside my coat, sitting on the bus looking very deformed. But the fish were already often under attack, and I got very good at handling Ich back then.
Conventional widom said that other than a few "ich magnets", the doomed victims of the parasite are small fish. The parasite kills them more easily than with larger fish, as it sits in its white cyst feeding on them. it makes sense to me - the same size parasite with the same nutritional needs sucking the life out of a smaller meal more quickly.
But is it true? Have you seen more Ich recovery problems, whatever treatment you choose, with small fish?
With time, I have gravitated toward smaller and smaller fish. I like the way they make a scaped tank look large.
I don't see a lot of Ich, usually every few years in quarantine. But when I worked in the business, travelling to large wholesale places, Ich was a problem. If you want chilled fish, go to Canada. Most people buy fish over the winter when they are indoors more, and the fish have to pass through airport cargo where proper care isn't the norm. If Ich is present, even slightly chilled fish are perfect victims.
As a kid, I'd carefully carry my tetras inside my coat, sitting on the bus looking very deformed. But the fish were already often under attack, and I got very good at handling Ich back then.
Conventional widom said that other than a few "ich magnets", the doomed victims of the parasite are small fish. The parasite kills them more easily than with larger fish, as it sits in its white cyst feeding on them. it makes sense to me - the same size parasite with the same nutritional needs sucking the life out of a smaller meal more quickly.
But is it true? Have you seen more Ich recovery problems, whatever treatment you choose, with small fish?