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So, I'm not even sure if this is possible or not. LFS says there is no way it was from the frozen food. Here is my experience, I'm wondering what everyone else thinks.
About 6-7 months ago I added a Moorish Idol to may tank. My tank was fairly new (about 2 months maybe) and I had 4 other fish that were all doing well. Moorish had been at the store for a little over a week, no sign of infection and was eating fine. I did not QT him. Had trouble getting him to eat so I purchased a frozen food that was recommended to me. Within two days my entire tank had Ich. By the time I was able to get a QT tank set up, all the fish had died except one. Now I QT all my fish for 30 days.
Fast forward. I had a yellow tang, salifin tang, and a copper banded butterfly in QT for about a week. Everyone doing fine, but the copper band didn't seem to want to eat much. So again I tried the same food. Within two days they all had Ich. I tried to treat with copper, but before I could get it up to the proper strength they were all dead.
now I know I dealing with fish that are highly susceptible to parasites, and it could very well just be a coincidence. Like I said, just wondering if anyone else thinks the parasites could have been introduced in the frozen food. I have quite a bit of this food left and it was pretty expensive so I'm wondering if I should toss it.
About 6-7 months ago I added a Moorish Idol to may tank. My tank was fairly new (about 2 months maybe) and I had 4 other fish that were all doing well. Moorish had been at the store for a little over a week, no sign of infection and was eating fine. I did not QT him. Had trouble getting him to eat so I purchased a frozen food that was recommended to me. Within two days my entire tank had Ich. By the time I was able to get a QT tank set up, all the fish had died except one. Now I QT all my fish for 30 days.
Fast forward. I had a yellow tang, salifin tang, and a copper banded butterfly in QT for about a week. Everyone doing fine, but the copper band didn't seem to want to eat much. So again I tried the same food. Within two days they all had Ich. I tried to treat with copper, but before I could get it up to the proper strength they were all dead.
now I know I dealing with fish that are highly susceptible to parasites, and it could very well just be a coincidence. Like I said, just wondering if anyone else thinks the parasites could have been introduced in the frozen food. I have quite a bit of this food left and it was pretty expensive so I'm wondering if I should toss it.