Just catching up on over 1000 emails that went missing during my email
change-over from ozemail to powerup
The nice thing about most topics is that they can be aired again and again
ad nauseam and still bring comments like mine out of the woodwork
In my experience treating the outbreak is enough and tank breakdown is
un-necessary. Two things are important - what caused the out break in the
first place and it is usually change of temperature or addition of new fish
or both. Often the new fish are stressed by their experiences and this
lowers their resistance to the pathogens that are lying dormant in every
tank and they then are unable to prevent the invasive stage from attaching
and multiplying as a pathogenic form that then can even infect the
previously healthy occupants once the invasive trophozoites are released
from the cysts that are protected from medication under the skin of the
affected fish.
Raising the temperature speeds up the process and thus the release of the
free-swimming form that can then be treated by chemicals in the wATER ,
filtered out by filtration (e.g. diatoms) or invade other fish.
Once the outbreak is contained then make every effort to provide optimum
conditions for that species to allow them to recover fully.
Regards,
Bruce.
Bruce Hansen, A.N.G.F.A., Advancing Australian Aquatics.
Bruce Hansen, ANGFA, caring for our aquatic ecosystems.
Please visit us at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~fisher/angfa.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Gunston <gunna-kaye at powerup.com.au>
To: RML <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, 25 March 1999 10:41
Subject: [RML] Tank Sterilising
> Hello all,
>
> Having just fought a battle with 'white spot' in
> two of my tanks, the disease and I remain at
> an uneasy truce........
>
>