ich Immunity

[Herefishyfishy]

Easier out of the water, but can dab a spot of glue on a finger and rub it into the rock if too large of rock to remove. Quickly attach the glue on the frag to the rubbed on spot on the rock.

 

[addocdreefer]

cool, thanks. I will try that.

 

[Paul B]

We talk a lot about stress but I am not sure if everyone knows what stress is. In humans it is job problems, teenager problems, money problems etc. but fish have larger concerns. Most of their "concerns" (for lack of a better word) have to do with dying. Tangs or so called "Ich Magnets" are always stressed because they are schooling fish and will always be schooling fish. Two or three fish will not make a fish feel safe. A school of tangs could be hundreds or thousands of fish.
They live in a school because they are genetically programmed to live that way and they know that swimming without a school means certain death.
Thats why a hippo tang hides whenever we put out hands in the tank or turn on the light.
They also "know" that they are encased or enslaved. All schooling fish roam wide areas of the reef looking for the slightest trace of algae to feed on. (yes all reefs grow algae) We feed our fish once or twice a day but for the rest of the day our fish can't find food and they can't swim more than a few feet in either direction to look for it. That causes stress just as it would in a Prisoner of war.
I of course do not mean to imply that fish suffering is worse than being a POW
(I was in a war) but to a fish it is similar.
Another thing that causes stress is water depth. Very few adult fish live in water as shallow as our tanks. They have a built in sense that it is not safe there. In the sea there are birds and crabs that prey on shallow water fish. Fish know what depth water thay are in. Fish like Royal Grammas are deep water fish. I have seen many of them deeper than 120'. They live there because they were made to adjust to that water depth.
Fish do two things, eat and mate. We are providing them food, although not the food they are used to eating and not in a way they are used to eating it, but fish in our tanks are usually lacking a mate or lacking a choice of mates. This is a big problem for fish (as it could be for us)
All of a fishes time is spent either eating or looking for a mate.
We can take a pill and go watch TV but fish are not so flexible. If we succeed in alleviating some of these situations as best we can it will go a long way towards keeping our fish healthy. They may never be as healthy as they were in the sea although we may think so, but we should strive to give them swimming room, identifyable food, and as few antagonistic room mates as posssable.
Have a great day.
Paul

 

[Herefishyfishy]

Paul, you are a kind spirit. Even a caged bird will sing if well cared for.