Breeding causing Ick?
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Since ich is a protozoan parasite, it had to come from somewhere, it doesn't simply appear.
Some fish that have already had ich, have a resistance, can sometimes carry it without actually getting it full blown, at least temporarily. Sometimes it can take months to appear, if it starts with only one cyst.
It could have come in a on a plant, a decoration, even a dry tank that had infected fish, if it had been present in the past, and the tank not thoroughly decontaminated.
It has even been known to shown up in desert pools that have been dry for months. All it takes is one viable cyst.
Some fish that have already had ich, have a resistance, can sometimes carry it without actually getting it full blown, at least temporarily. Sometimes it can take months to appear, if it starts with only one cyst.
It could have come in a on a plant, a decoration, even a dry tank that had infected fish, if it had been present in the past, and the tank not thoroughly decontaminated.
It has even been known to shown up in desert pools that have been dry for months. All it takes is one viable cyst.
Now that I think of it two weeks ago bought two Texas cichlids. I held them in that same exact tank for a few weeks until they were free of any disease before I put them in my community tank. Well I caught it early you can barely see white spots on my Flowerhorn now. I raised the temp pretty high and salt and medication. I will be doing a 25 percent water change everyday for a week now. I've dealt with ick before so not a surprise for me but it makes sense now to me. I had a hunch it was the new fish I brought.
Beyond a normal water change, when dealing with ich, it is very good policy to vacuum thoroughly, because one of the ich stages is a sort of dormant cyst that temporarily sits in the substrate. Although most cysts "hatch" (over simplified term) out right away, but there are some that have a delayed program schedule, an environmental protection mechanism in case conditions would kill all emergent cysts.
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It's a bare bottom tank it's usually spotless I vacuum it every night. Thanks yeah thank god I have nothing in that tank besides one flowerpot.
Thanks guys so far so good all the ich is gone from the fish now gotta wait for a few weeks for it to go away completely from the tank. I did a big water change yest and that helped a lot
