Who says I haven't kept records or documented things with my aquarium? Har yes you do, well you are wrong and I have posted pages of a log I kept a few years ago of the things I have done etc in a thread.a little while ago on R2R. I am not going to dig that log and other pages out again and post it here as what I would show would only be described as anecdotal again. I would rather my methods be judge by my successes (or failures) and yes my tank is beautiful which I can only put down to my methods, the hows and whys are all open to debate anecdotal or not. I have my beliefs arrived at over many years not simply blind faith and if I can't provide lab type science to back it up then I make no appologise for that. I have but my experience and theories along with my tank in support of what I do. When I say my fish live long lives free of debilitating disease that is a fact not a theory nor is it ancedotal.Thanks!
This is a story about what you saw. There are no records documenting, and memory is incredibly fallible. The fish may have subclinical infections. So, anecdote.
That you didn't see, could be subclinical. Again, this is a story about what you saw without documentation of any sort, and memory is fallible, so anecdote.
Again, this is a story about what you saw without documentation of any sort, and memory is fallible. The fish could be subclinical.
Again, a story that you observed, with no documentation, so anecdote. And, this falls in line exactly with the lifecycle of the parasite, and is why so many nutty things are attributed to its cure.
Sure, this one seems facty.
There is nothing wrong with anecdote. Anecdote is great, but has its pitfalls. Adding 'FACT' to stuff in an attempt to make it more meaty doesn't actually make it more meaty.
Also, we aren't interested in fact, we are interested in evidence, of which anecdote is a kind.
I hope this makes sense. I am off to answer your post about science now, that may help to further clear things up.
Maybe it's time I shut up now as a lot is repetitive and I don't feel I can add much more than I have to Paul's thread. We are just old guys doing what we do and have more or less done over many years never suggesting others do the same just that it works for us and enough others to challange the accepted thou must QT or all will be lost.