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My main concern is with diseases that progress rapidly and can take out a tank like velvet more so than ich which can be managed and allowed to persist so fish develop an immunity. Wouldn't a velvet infection progress and weaken a fish so fast that the fish would never get a chance to boost their immune system to fight and attain immunity?
To answer this I would only be guessing and I am not good at guessing. I have been trying to guess Christie Brinkley's phone number since she was 28 but so far have only gotten quotes on Solar Electric.
All I can "guess" is that there are so many parasites in the sea and in wholesalers tanks that all fish carry some of them. (again this is subjective of the mood of everyone on here and both of the researchers who make a living (not a very lucrative one I would imagine) studying these things.
The few actually immune tanks on here, which happen to be the longest living systems on here, (I think) have never had an outbreak of velvet that I know of.
And if they did, I have not heard of it and if they did, they didn't have an immune tank, which IMO means immune from everything except maybe fire or Grand Kids. I once had a bar of soap that I carved into a fish. I noticed one day that my skimmer was overflowing on the floor and the tank had an inch of green bubbles at the top. I then found the fish soap.
If I get a fish that is near death from copper, jumping out, over quarantining, Rap music etc, I don't put it in my tank. Not because my other fish will get sick, but if it dies, like some do, I want to be able to fish the thing out and not watch it rot in the front of the glass or have my big decorator crab carry it around for a week just to show off.
I have never had an outbreak of velvet. I added a fish yesterday and the LFS where I got it from was horrible. Many of their dead fish were still in the tanks and some in an advanced state of deteriation so they were in there for days. Many were scratching and many were on the floor. I don't like buying from such a place but since I moved, there are very few places here (like none) and I needed some corals. I bought one, which was the only one he had and that wasn't in good condition and it was not cheap.
I had to go to a doctor and this place was on my way home. The fish is fine and will soon mate with my other one who lost his mate to old age.
I also have a Queen Anthius who will soon die of old age and I want to replace her. (or him, I am not sure if there is a politically correct way to say Her or Him but if there is, add it here) I hope not to buy them at that particular store. But if I do, I will just add them to my tank like I always do.
Disease is a non issue in my house and I never think about it unless I re visit this thread.