coral for a cichlid tank?

by **faile486** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:20 am

From: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FA006

"The breeding stage of the parasite encysts between the layers of the host skin. When mature, it leaves the fish and produces large numbers of free swimming young. These must find a host within 48 hours (at water temperatures of 75-79°F) or they will die. The life cycle of "Ich" is shown in Figure 1 ."

I've got Ich in my tank right now - I've been reading a lot on it, and that's basically the same thing all of them said. Maybe there's some other part of it that can survive?

by **dougie175** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:49 pm

Personally I would boil the rocks just to be sure I know Ich cant surevive above a certain temp.

by **jweb1369** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:14 pm

Okay, thanks guys =)

by **gumbii** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:22 pm

ick for saltwater also isn't the same as ick for freshwater... actually there are two different types of ick in saltwater... also... saltwater ick dies when the salt level falls and vice versa for the freshwater strain...

just throwing that in there...

by **jweb1369** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:57 pm

I think I'll just boil it to ensure everything is dead on it.

by **gumbii** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:00 pm

test it... get a microscope and check it out...

by **jweb1369** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:34 pm

Im not a microbiologist haha. Who in the hell knows what it looks like under a microscope? lol

by **gumbii** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:08 am

um... i'm not one either... but it's not a bad thing to have at hand if you're going to be maintaining an aquarium...

by **jweb1369** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:36 am

I was just stating that things under microscopes look different, so I don't now what it would look like.

by **gumbii** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:02 am

i have books... but i think there are some websites that have pics and diognostics...

coral for a cichlid tank?

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