More Susceptable to ick

[mickey]

Any time i buy a clown loach for my community tank it seems to pick up ick, are clowns more susceptable than other fish to ick?
are there any community fish to be avoided because they are more susceptable than others to ick.
CHEERS.

 

[NJ Devils Fan]

Yes, clowns are notorious for ich.

 

[ChilDawg]

I believe that clowns are very susceptible to ich, but I would have to look to find a site with a list of fish susceptible. I'll be back in ten or so.

 

[ChilDawg]

Here's a chart.

 

[andruboz]

interesting chart.
its easier to read if you paste it into excel and narrow up the columns a bit.

 

[mickey]

CHILDAWG

A very informative chart on all aspects of fishkeeping,thanks for sharing it with us clildawg.
CHEERS.

 

[ChilDawg]

There is actually an Excel version and a Quattro Pro one as well.

Excel version

Quattro Pro version

 

[ChilDawg]

No problem. Glad that I could find it again, as I had lost the link to the darn thing for a while!

 

[Roland]

Yep, Ive always wanted to have clown loaches in one of my tanks, but whenever I see them in my lfs, at least one of them is always infested.

Apparently moving them ( ie disributer>lfs ... lfs>your tank) is enough to trigger it.

There are medicinal remidies for ich, if you want to go down that road, but I suggest just waiting your time, and buying healhty fish from your lfs.

Hope this helps,

A

 

[ChilDawg]

Unfortunately, there aren't many medicines which take care of ich and not your clown loaches...you have to find catfish-safe ich meds (good for scaleless fishes like loaches) and be willing to pay through the nose for them. (Unless things have changed recently...I haven't seen a price sheet for catfish-safe ich meds in a while now.)