What if hypothetically it was a freshly set up (cycled already) and it was the only fish to be in there, could there still be a possibility of a disease? I'm not planning on doing this, im just curious now.
Jimmy
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2004exrider;2144861; said:What if hypothetically it was a freshly set up (cycled already) and it was the only fish to be in there, could there still be a possibility of a disease? I'm not planning on doing this, im just curious now.
Jimmy
Do you control what is in your tap water? What kind of food are you feeding your fish? Do you live in a vacuum? I think that answers your question.
drewish;2144911; said:
Lets say i get my fish from a reservoir, the same place my tap water comes from. Im pretty sure that it would be sterile assuming i use a dechlor, right? So there shouldn't be any parasites, diseases, or anything harmful in there right? Living in a vacuum i dont quite understand. The same stuff floating around in the air is more than likely floating around by the water source. And what could be in the food that can affect them in a negative way? Don't they (hikari and others) do tests on the food to make sure it is fit to give our fish the most vitamins, nutrients, and overall best health, but i can see what you mean if you're using nasty feeders. Once again im not saying it's right or wrong to do i'm just trying to get a better understanding
Jimmy
vacuum
n., pl. -u·ums or -u·a (-yū-ə
.
1.
a. Absence of matter.
b. A space empty of matter.
c. A space relatively empty of matter.
d. A space in which the pressure is significantly lower than atmospheric pressure.
2. A state of emptiness; a void.
3. A state of being sealed off from external or environmental influences; isolation.
n., pl. -u·ums or -u·a (-yū-ə
.1.
a. Absence of matter.
b. A space empty of matter.
c. A space relatively empty of matter.
d. A space in which the pressure is significantly lower than atmospheric pressure.
2. A state of emptiness; a void.
3. A state of being sealed off from external or environmental influences; isolation.
2004exrider;2146140; said:Lets say i get my fish from a reservoir, the same place my tap water comes from. Im pretty sure that it would be sterile assuming i use a dechlor, right? So there shouldn't be any parasites, diseases, or anything harmful in there right? Living in a vacuum i dont quite understand. The same stuff floating around in the air is more than likely floating around by the water source. And what could be in the food that can affect them in a negative way? Don't they (hikari and others) do tests on the food to make sure it is fit to give our fish the most vitamins, nutrients, and overall best health, but i can see what you mean if you're using nasty feeders. Once again im not saying it's right or wrong to do i'm just trying to get a better understanding
Jimmy
Even fish hatcheries have problems with disease, as aquarium keepers we invariably use equipment that was used for other fish or other purposes. A net used with tropical fish, gravel reused, a heater, thermometer, the tank. Are you willing to say every piece of equipment is completely sterile? All your food is completely sterile? (things like black worms and blood worms are farmed in effluent from other farming methods, ducks and fish, brine shrimp are collected from the wild) It's really difficult to make sure there is no chance of disease. 99.99% of the time there is no problem but when there is a problem the consequences can be catastrophic. Personally I would rather not take the chance. On top of that there is the law and the people who want to not only enforce that law but want to make ever tougher laws. We must learn to police our selves or have it done for us. If it's done for us it will not be pretty.
drewish;2144911; said:
hypothetically.....
my tap water is treated with chlorine, no bacteria at all. Bottled water has more bacteria then my tap. I can taste the chlorine in it lol.
IDK 100% but my pellets always are vacume sealed, and what type oh harfull bacteria virus would be able to live through prosessing? i dont see how this could introduce infection into my fish. let me know how it does
I dont live in a vacume, but my girlfriend is a clean freak. seriosly its bad how sanatized the house is. and we do own a dyson, and that would be very noisy
drewish;2146319; said:vacuum
n., pl. -u·ums or -u·a (-yū-ə
1.
a. Absence of matter.
b. A space empty of matter.
c. A space relatively empty of matter.
d. A space in which the pressure is significantly lower than atmospheric pressure.
2. A state of emptiness; a void.
3. A state of being sealed off from external or environmental influences; isolation.
oh this kind of vacuum?
