Depends on if SW Ich is actually a gut parasite during some stage of its life cycle. That and tapeworms are the main applications that I've seen for garlic.
ICK...where does it come from/incubation period???
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Cryptocaryon, aka saltwater ich, has essentially the same life cycle as FW ich. No time in the gut. A lot of SW fishkeepers swear by garlic for it, though. I have no opinion.
SW "Ich" and FW Ich are so radically different that it only causes confusion to discuss them together.
Huh? They are both dinoflagellates, they both infest the gills and epidermis, and, as far as I can tell, their life histories and sensitive periods for treatment are rather similar. I am here to learn, though, so please give some more information.
I was thinking along the same lines as you, Dave...I agree that calling it Ich is a misnomer but I'd like to know how different they are besides water types...
Cows and Sea-Cows are both mammals. It's the "counterpart" idea tha'ts the problem.
If you called sea otters the marine "counterparts" of the giant Amazonian river otters, then you might expect to find that the river otters would lie on their backs in the river water, cracking shellfish on stones which they carry on their bellies. But they don't; and they don't eat sea urchins like their marine "counterparts" either. "Counterpart," you see, is not a dependable category in the real world of animals. Not that it doesn't have a long history. Medieval thinkers expanded on some hints that they read in Roman natural history writers to imagine that every terrestrial creature had its "counterpart" in the sea. Part of the symmetry that made Creation perfect... But that's getting a long way from the fish tank... -- www.skepticalaquarist.com under "Ich"
If you called sea otters the marine "counterparts" of the giant Amazonian river otters, then you might expect to find that the river otters would lie on their backs in the river water, cracking shellfish on stones which they carry on their bellies. But they don't; and they don't eat sea urchins like their marine "counterparts" either. "Counterpart," you see, is not a dependable category in the real world of animals. Not that it doesn't have a long history. Medieval thinkers expanded on some hints that they read in Roman natural history writers to imagine that every terrestrial creature had its "counterpart" in the sea. Part of the symmetry that made Creation perfect... But that's getting a long way from the fish tank... -- www.skepticalaquarist.com under "Ich"
