Have you ever failed to kill disease post treatment?

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After the QT process we are supposed to watch our fish for 2-4 weeks in non medicated water to ensure no parasites slipped through. It should be non medicated because even below therapeutic copper can cause an active ich infestation to show 0 symptoms.

Has anyone observed their fish, found nothing wrong, but somehow in display they got ich, brook, flukes etc?
 

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Sadly yes but I've always attributed it to my own failure at some point or level.
 

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After the QT process we are supposed to watch our fish for 2-4 weeks in non medicated water to ensure no parasites slipped through. It should be non medicated because even below therapeutic copper can cause an active ich infestation to show 0 symptoms.

Has anyone observed their fish, found nothing wrong, but somehow in display they got ich, brook, flukes etc?
As mentioned in the other thread, I cannot recall a time where I successfully treated a parasitic disease and then had it return weeks or months later - except in cases where I could identify an issue: disease carried in on new animals, live food, tank tools or even aerosol droplets.
Jay
 

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