Is ICH present in every tank?

[larrysaltisfun]

Shhhhh. I only use "extra premium garlic" sourced from a "secret Gypsy village hidden deep in Romania."

All this time I thought you lived in America, my gypsies sell salt shakers maybe that was the problem I was having

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

This may be what's been discussed already as I only skimmed through the posts so sorry in advance if it's been repeated already.

Lets say we have a tank full of healthy fish for several years, no random white specks, no flashing, no rapid breathing, excellent appetites, nothing to give any indication that ich would be present. If none of the fish ever have ich attach to them wouldn't the ich just die off without completing their life cycle?

I’ve never seen a tank in that scenario show up with ich after that period of time unless ich was brought into the tank through some biosecurity issue, like on a piece of coral or some CUC.

Most often, there is a subclinical case of ich that goes unnoticed, but then breaks out in a full blown infection. I usually see that happen within 4 months or so from adding a new fish to the tank….

 

[winxp_man]

Shhhhh. I only use "extra premium garlic" sourced from a "secret Gypsy village hidden deep in Romania."

How dare you talk about my people like that!!!

 

[winxp_man]

I think it would. I'm not sure. My tank is very old and I never quarantine or medicate. I buy fish from anyplace, even Petco and I never have any ich problems.

I just had a test on my water (Jay paid for it) and it read no ich DNA.

I have put in fish with ich over many years and no fish ever died of it.
Unless I purposely got a fish that was near death for free.

This was me for two years, until one day….. brought in a the wrong fish. And it’s how I ended up on this forums and involved with more posting than I thought I would be doing haha.

The amount of I added this fish, and that fish 1-8 weeks ago and now I see these spots is astounding on forums and FB posts. And let’s be real each tank is different.

Now if we are talking uronema that’s a whole other discussion.

 

[Paul B]

This was me for two years, until one day….. brought in a the wrong fish. And it’s how I ended up on this forums and involved with more posting than I thought I would be doing haha.

If your fish gets ich or any other disease, it's not the fish's fault. It is ours.

Your tank must be set up correctly, and you have to feed foods with living gut bacteria, along with no dry foods.

If those parameters are not met, your fish will get ich and everything else we see on these forums.

 

[winxp_man]

If your fish gets ich or any other disease, it's not the fish's fault. It is ours.

Your tank must be set up correctly, and you have to feed foods with living gut bacteria, along with no dry foods.

If those parameters are not met, your fish will get ich and everything else we see on these forums.

No one’s blaming the fish.

Have 23 fish in my new 300. All are disease free. But nothing else is going into that tank that will not have gone through a fallow period, or QT.

 

[Paul B]

Have 23 fish in my new 300. All are disease free. But nothing else is going into that tank that will not have gone through a fallow period, or QT.

Thats fine.