I am surprised though that Larry has not noticed the changes in behaviour
in his fish that usually go with these 2 problems i.e. territorial
aggression and parasite infestation.
Your friend may not have given you a sick fish Larry, simply the stress of
the changes could have suppressed his immunocompetence and activated
dormant parasite spores.
A quarantine tank is always a good hedge against just such an episode.
Lucky you didn't add the new fish just before you went on vacation. You
can't simply rely on gadgets like UV sterilizers to cope with anything that
might come along.
Is my photo still on the tank ?
Regards,
Bruce.
bhansen at ozemail.com.au
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> From: Larry Stein <lstein at his.com>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [RML] This seems serious....
> Date: Saturday, 27 December 1997 2:39
>
> Gary Thanks for the response... I do 25% water change per week.. and as I
> am typing this I am filling the tanks after a 50% change.. As for adding
a
> new fish in the last 10- days I have added a large M. Affis and to be
> honest he doesn't look as good as he did in my friends tank when I picked
> him up.. he has something on his lips but I can not identify it. I also
> have just noticed a few very tiny white spots on the tail fins on a few
> fish.. this is strange since I have not had ick in this tank ever... I
run
> a UV on it constantly and if this ICK I will be surprized... in any event
I
> am treating the tank with some ick meds hopefully as a precaution.
>
> As for now I am bringing the M. Affis back... if he is sick let my friend
> deal with it... Ii he is I am sure he already infected my tank....
>
>