Do we really know anything about ich?!

[coral_lagoon]

I just don't understand how no reef safe medication for ich exists. I also don't understand why companies like Seachem do not invest in their Research and development service line. Finding a real cure for Ich that is reef safe would provide a hell of return on investment. In an age where we can transplant heart , and just about every other organ It is hard to believe a reef safe cure for ich does not exist. hmmmm just play along with the conspiracy theory.

Those of you who are able to QT inverts, corals, macro algae. I am so impressed by your discipline. I recently purchased some pods prior to go on a business trip. I came home to find a fish with ICH. Could the ich have come in with the copepods I got from an online vendor?

That would be nice. Or a vaccine we can give to each of our fish. I think it will happen one of these days..

 

[DrPat]

I just don't understand how no reef safe medication for ich exists. I also don't understand why companies like Seachem do not invest in their Research and development service line. Finding a real cure for Ich that is reef safe would provide a hell of return on investment. In an age where we can transplant heart , and just about every other organ It is hard to believe a reef safe cure for ich does not exist. hmmmm just play along with the conspiracy theory.

Those of you who are able to QT inverts, corals, macro algae. I am so impressed by your discipline. I recently purchased some pods prior to go on a business trip. I came home to find a fish with ICH. Could the ich have come in with the copepods I got from an online vendor?

Mike there have been many attempts through out the last 40 years at a reef safe treatment for external parasites. Unfortunately in all probability it is impossible to develope since parasites are inverts .Vaccines development is very expensive and time consuming . If the food fish aquaculture industry needs a vaccine then there might be a chance but I doubt it will happen since fish reach market size early in life.
As for the pods yes the water they are in can transport ick.
Most closed systems will eventually develop one or two strains of ick and the fish can develop resistance. This is why I advocate to stock the reef tank with all the inverts first and then add fish 1 or 2 at a time after a 90 day qt. Most people don't have the discipline or the space to do it .