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I know it’s a touchy subject. But I seeded my current tank with pure ocean water. Had lots of strange things pop up. I didn’t freak out. Not one lost fish (due to parasites). I believe that keeping a dirtier tank has helped me in this. Previously I went crazy at keeping everything coming into my tank clean. I don’t go crazy trying to clean my rocks or my bare bottom. I don’t scrub my tank clean. I think having a great variety of life in my tank keeps everything else in check.My thoughts are that if your fish are kept healthy and they were not quarantined for a lengthy period, not medicated, and in a natural tank that is not to clean, ich and every other parasite will never be a concern. Our fish come to us from the ocean already immune, just keep them that way. It's simple.
But I seeded my current tank with pure ocean water.
Think dosing Rotifers every night and morning may feed on ich parasites!
I’m sure if you took your fish back to the ocean, to its original habitat, it would be healed.The ONLY way to get rid of ich is tank transfer, or copper. Otherwise you're just hoping and praying it doesn't take out the fish
I am hoping and praying.
Interesting. Keep us posted. No idea where to get rotifers. I know you can buy pods online. Not sure if those places sell rotifers.I know this paper is about fresh water Rotifers preying on ciliates (which ich is a type of) but it gets the point over!
I am at the very moment dosing my ich invested tank with L strain Rotifers and I have some S/ss strain Rotifers on order!
I wish I could find more strains of marine Rotifers to culture and try out!
ATM it’s the only predator I can find for ich !
Any help would be appreciated in my search for more Rotifer strains and where to get them from?