Can Tubalfex worms carry the ich parasite?
I have a tank that has been established for a while. It has 5 baby clown loaches, a pair of German Dwarf Rams, a Bronze puffer, and a couple of ghost shrimp. I've had all these fish for at least a month and all of a sudden two of the loaches seem to be covered in ich. I can only think of a couple of things that would have introduced ich
1) It was already present. I had fish in this tank prior and transfered them to a larger tank. I don't actually think this is it because non of my fish in the larger tank have ever shown any indication.
2) One of the clown loaches had ich and I didn't catch it early and now it's multiplied in the tank
3) tubaflex worms carry it. I don't feed live food very often but sometimes I give it to them as a treat.
P.S. Where is the link to the Ich article? I searched and couldn't find it. I've added 3/4 cup of kosher salt to my 28 gallon hex and raised the temp to 83.
I have a tank that has been established for a while. It has 5 baby clown loaches, a pair of German Dwarf Rams, a Bronze puffer, and a couple of ghost shrimp. I've had all these fish for at least a month and all of a sudden two of the loaches seem to be covered in ich. I can only think of a couple of things that would have introduced ich
1) It was already present. I had fish in this tank prior and transfered them to a larger tank. I don't actually think this is it because non of my fish in the larger tank have ever shown any indication.
2) One of the clown loaches had ich and I didn't catch it early and now it's multiplied in the tank
3) tubaflex worms carry it. I don't feed live food very often but sometimes I give it to them as a treat.
P.S. Where is the link to the Ich article? I searched and couldn't find it. I've added 3/4 cup of kosher salt to my 28 gallon hex and raised the temp to 83.
