[e_baer]

this may sound dumb, but if you have a tank, and no fish in there has ich, how does a fish get ich? it is parasitic, so.....?

[reefnoob1991]

It could be from a previous fish? A life cycle of ich lasts 6-8 weeks

[e_baer]

yeah, but what if you go a year without ich, then you stress a tang out by...i dunno....adding too much salt or something. then how?

[reefnoob1991]

Is that your case? It could be possible that the ich could be living on it but the fish's immunity is good, when it's stressed that is the chance for ich to takeover.

[jimw369]

Here ya go ebaer. Read up!

ATJ's Marine Aquarium Site - Reference - Marine "Ich"

[e_baer]

no, i have not had ich for a year (at least)

[e_baer]

thank you, i now know my answer. I guess it is like us, we always have a virus, the virus is not always attacking us, but we always carry it around.

and now i know why my LFS has there SG at 1.017. ill tell them its not affective and see what they say

[Kevin W]

Originally Posted by e_baer

this may sound dumb, but if you have a tank, and no fish in there has ich, how does a fish get ich? it is parasitic, so.....?

my lfs told me that ich is always in the tank its keeping your fish healthy and under little stress that keeps them from being infected by ich and tangs are easly infected by ich

[Joan]

I went to my LFS and they recommended liquid garlic I put six drops of this stuff in my 55 gallon. LFS said it builds the immune systems and gets rid of parasites on the fish. i have 1 very small blue tang and a medium size sailfin, clown fish, a cardinal, spotted mandarin, 2 peppermint shrimp because of aoptasia, and a horseshoe and some turbo's so far so good!

[Kimjo1]

Hi ,

A good idea is to soak your fish food in liquid garlic in fridge for 24 hours then feed to fish. They say it boosts the immune system in your fish.

Kim

[e_baer]

I dont have ich in my tank at all, i was just wondering, but now all my questions have been answered thanks to all of you!

[Kevin W]

Originally Posted by Joan

I went to my LFS and they recommended liquid garlic I put six drops of this stuff in my 55 gallon. LFS said it builds the immune systems and gets rid of parasites on the fish. i have 1 very small blue tang and a medium size sailfin, clown fish, a cardinal, spotted mandarin, 2 peppermint shrimp because of aoptasia, and a horseshoe and some turbo's so far so good!

you can also go to the store and buy garlic cloves and chop them up mix with some food and feed the fish it works the same just cheeper than the lfs usualy is