Is it okay to have illness in tank?

[FlyTekk]

I had 4 clowns. All doing fine then i bought like 10 chromis of which 5 have died. Some had ich others had a white patch looking thing others had what looked like wounds and some looked like there was a silky....or milky substance over their skin/scales.... almost like the white/clear glaze over a glazed donut.

Any who the clowns got sick soon after and i netted them and moved them soon after. They were easy to catch the chromis were not!

So months passed and the clowns went through meth blue with fresh water dip and months in hyposalinity. Through out this time they have been perfectly fine in their 20 gallon hyposalinity tank.

All this since November of last year. In the main tank i never was able to catch not one chromis. But they all seem to be over every single apparent sympton i could find in the past.

Could it be they are all immune now? Or maybe they were stressed after transit and after settling down they are no longer in jeopardy of being diseased.

The reason why i ask is because im torn on wether to just rejoin the clowns in the main tank and forget this all happend or should i pull out all the rock work and catch the chromis since there is a chance the clowns will get sick again moment they hit the water.

Thanks all.

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

Did u aclamite the fish b4 u threw them in the tank? Also how u missed that part n u didnt notice it had ich?


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[FlyTekk]

I acclimated them for almost an hour. And missed what part? Dont understand what yoru talking about.

They all looked healthy in the bag when i bought them. It took a day or two before all this showed up.

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

They of been stressed out from the change then...


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[Bryceandmandy]

More often than not disease is present in most tanks. Stress is the factor that decides how well they hold up against it. Id say soak the food in an amino acid supplement and something like garlic guard by seachem since vit. c and garlic stimulate the immune system. If youre really worried try setting up a uv sterilizer and do your best to limit the stress on the fish you already have. When adding new ones acclimate as well as you can and pick tank mates that wont bother one another. Try to make sure your parameters are as constant as possible, namely temp and specific gravity. Ive found that change, particularly extreme change, is a very common cause for outbreaks.

 

[FlyTekk]

Thanks for the info. So does this mean that everytime i add a new fish, they may be stressed due to transit, i may be dealing with another outbreak?

 

[Bryceandmandy]

They definetly will feel stress in transit. A lot of people like to quaratine their fish in a smaller seperate tank. I cannot fit that personally so i make do. One little trick i brought to keeping reef from fw african cichlids was to feed and if at all possible turn off the lights when adding a new fish so the new guy can find a place to hide or explore a little while the established tankmates are distracted. Obviously in a reef thats not exactly easily done.
Unless youve sucessfully killed every parasite like ich or similar types there is always a chance that it will show up again to a certain degree. My hippo and wrasse get a couple spots every now and then but i upped the supplements i soaked the food in and it usually goes away. Havent had an outbreak in a while but it may happen. I just do the best i can to keep stress at a bare minimum.

 

[dj ze]

i do the same i use brightwells amino acid with garlic,selcon and vitamin c on occasions i will use raw garlic and cut it in half and throw it in the cup that i use for the food but not throw it in the tank i leave it in the cup so it gets absorbed in the water with the food