Ich On Glass

[krzyphsygy]

Can Ich be seen on the glass of your aquarium?

 

[sandwi54]

No. Ich is microscopic and only around 50um large. You cannot see ich without a microscope.

The white spots on a fish when it's infected with cryptocaryon irritans are NOT the actual ich, but the skin reactions from being invaded by the parasite.

 

[symon_say]

Small white dots on the glass might be coralline.

 

[b0bab0ey]

Probably just baby snails.

 

[snorvich]

Small white dots on the glass might be coralline.

I would tend to agree.

 

[SushiGirl]

Or pods.
Or spirorbid worms.

 

[krzyphsygy]

Well, I have these tiny little moving bugs on my glass, if it were in a reef I would think pods, but these are in QT. There is no rock, sand, or corlas in there so I was questioning how they got there? There is no light on the tank really. I use ambient sunlight on the tank 97% of the time. the rest is used just for an hour or so to examine fish in the evening.

I think they came from a power head I had in the live rock tank.

Thats great information though. I am glad I asked, and glad you answered. Thank you

 

[krzyphsygy]

No. Ich is microscopic and only around 50um large. You cannot see ich without a microscope.

The white spots on a fish when it's infected with cryptocaryon irritans are NOT the actual ich, but the skin reactions from being invaded by the parasite.

Thank you, makes total sense.

 

[SushiGirl]

I would assume copepods from the powerhead. Nowhere to hide LOL.