Check this out! Crazy

[Deinonych]

Ok, so we both don't know.

My question to anybody is this:

What was I seeing on the fish exactly. Was this thing/white specs alive? Is it the visible parasite feeding on the fish or not?

Please explain your answer and provide the source information so that I can learn.

No hard feelings here, just want to know exactly what I saw for sure.

Is it possible that this hasn't been documented? I find that very unlikely because ICH is easy to study. It's almost everywhere. Surely there is some great information on this particular stage.

Correct, we both don't know. However, you are in a position to verify what those particles are. Get a sample and look at them under a microscope. Post a picture of your findings so we can offer input. No one else can 100% verify what those particles are, because we aren't there in person to observe and sample them.

As far as resources, this is one of the most comprehensive, readily available (i.e. free) documents about Cryptocaryon irritans: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fa164

There are other documents on Google Scholar that can be purchased if desired.

 

[Reefahholic]

They're gone. Did a water change and sucked them up and flushed them down my kitchen sink.

I'm not that worried about it. I'll just wait for the reply that can tell me what I saw and if it was the parasite or not.

 

[Spar]

As far as resources, this is one of the most comprehensive, readily available (i.e. free) documents about Cryptocaryon irritans: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fa164

Hadn't seen that article before, was a good read. A few more tidbits than I knew before. I wish there was more information on the minimums and maximums of development in varying temperatures. E.g. what temperature was the 72 days at?