I wrote this for Christie Brinkley, but she doesn't like fish, or me so I will post it here anyway. I recommend you don't read it or even look in the direction of your computer.
Of course we know there are two ways to run a tank, quarantine and "Russian Roulette". :eek: Both systems obviously work if you follow the methodology exactly. I choose, after a lifetime at this to go the natural route, but many people prefer the "chemical aided" system.
Humble, me and Hillary Clinton all want our and your fish to thrive (Hillary may want to sell them to Russia first) :p
If you can't quarantine for some reason, go the natural way. If you are a Sissy.... I mean if you can't run a system as I do with diversity. Quarantine.
Humble is very smart and knows his medications. (although he may not be as good looking as I am) I used to know about and have medications but my system doesn't allow or need any medications so I almost forgot all of that as I feel it is not needed and counter productive.
I am not the sharpest pencil in the box but I learned everything I know by trial and mostly error. I have also spent time underwater with almost every fish I ever had. (I also spent quite a bit of time with Victoria Secret models also but I digress)
In the 300+ hours I have spent under water, I have never seen a fish with ich, velvet or anything else. Before Bobby says it, that is because of the vast amount of water in the sea and I get that. But remember, parasites have been here longer than Bernie Sanders and they learned that if they kill all the fish they won't get free health care, college, I Phone 6s, Medicare, Medicaid, meals on wheels, meals without wheels, Happy meals, free face lifts etc.
Parasites just want to suck a little blood and go on with their lives, sort of like Bella Lagosi. A fishes immune system will grow to become as strong as it needs to be no matter how many parasites it encounters as long as the fish has a little time to adapt. "And the right food", No, I don't know how long that is and neither does anyone else.
But I like common sense. Common sense tells me that I am not the luckiest guy in the world and if I can keep my fish from dying of "any" disease in 45 years with absolutely no extraneous, extraordinary, extraterrestrial, interplanetary or magical means after putting probably hundreds of fish in my tank from every LFS in New York, New Jersey and the sea along with thousands of amphipods and copious amounts of mud. If I can do that, where is the logic to imply that it can't or won't work? :rolleyes:
On what planet does that make sense?
I don't get it. How long do I have to keep my fish immune? I mean not one parasite and not one medication in almost half a century.
I am horrified to look at the disease forum because I really love fish as I have all my life and hate to see them killed by kindness when I don't see a reason for it and feel it is so simple to keep fish healthy.
To me it's a no brainer and I don't understand why so many people allow their fish to get infected. I realize many people including probably Joe Biden don't agree, but again common sense prevails. Fish in the sea are swimming and eating pathogens, parasites and that virus in China every day.
They were also probably exposed to smallpox from Columbus wash water in the 1400s. They are very healthy when they were collected.
"WE" make them sick, then throw all sorts of medications (poisons) at them and lose most of them in a few months. It's disgusting like that dried up toothpaste that you sometimes find on your sink. ;Meh
I feel, very strongly (That common sense thing again) that when we get a fish, even if it has spots, tattoes, varicose veins etc, that that fish is still immune as it was all it's life. The immunity it got from it's Mother who used to eat parasites with "every meal". That fish only needs a secure place to live. Not white PVC pipes. It also needs food with "living bacteria" in it that it ate all it's life at every meal. Every single thing that fish ate in the sea had viruses, parasites and bacteria in it.
If we take that fish and put it in a semi bare tank with PVC, that fish immediately starts to go downhill. They are not Parakeets. It is a wonder any of them survive, but the ones that do survive are scarred for life and being their most important system, their immune system is now compromised from non use, that fish will have a very hard time living it's full lifespan and spawning which virtually every healthy fish does almost weekly.
I keep asking, how many quarantined tanks are first of all old, and how many of those fish are spawning and only dying of old age without ever getting sick?
If you sneeze near that tank or as Humble says, keep it with in 10' from an ich parasite, that fish will become sick and need medications because it can't cure itself like my fish can.
If I release my fish back into the sea, they would go about their business, join clubs, exercise and maybe even vote. We all know what would happen if we released a quarantined fish into the sea. Can you say Croak. Which one do you think a fish would choose for himself? :cool:
This picture has absolutely nothing to do with this post. It was my last trip.
I like it. Shoot me. :cool:
