Pangasius & ICK

[Damion]

Do most Pangasius develop a case of ick more frequent than other fishes? I've had more cases of ick with them than any other species.

[sidguppy]

that's because they don't fare well in captivity at all; easily stressed and so on.

any fish that doesn't do well in captivity and is prone to stress will develop all kinds of diseases easily, like ick.

[Osmium]

Hi,

I don't know which species of panagas(s)ius that you are talking about, but I have rarely seen this to be problem.
Ick(whitespot - let's forget about the scientific name... should rarely be a problem, unless you are introducing your waterchanges too cold, + too quickly.

I appreciate your dilemma; normally these fish wish only to survive in groups (but many extraordinary species exist outside the normal description of Fishbase for example) and sucessfully(?) within captivity.

While 'whitespot' remains a relatively easiliy curable disease (within the terms of modern-day proprietary medicines), it is also worthy of note to remember that many 'scaleless' fish (such as loaches, flying foxes and yeah, even freshwater sharks, may react badly to such extreme treatments such as Methylene Blue, Malachite Green or even the much gentler Protozin.

Quarantine.

Having said that, my apparently happy pair are absolutely terrified of being caught and moved, yet love brushing against my hairy hands during gravel changes. Perhaps this is a parasite-removal habit? Don't look at me like that - I have at least one shower a day .

Apparently, some species, such as P.sutchi are brought up in rice fields, and harvested as a kind of by-product. The mutual benfit to both plants and fish has been known for centuries.

Do you know which species of shark-cats that you own? I do realise that identification can be very difficult. I have at least one species (a melanistic variety) in my freezer (sadly), right now.





Nick

[Damion]

I have the hypophthalmus,conchophilus, and larnaudii. Yes, they are very skittish but once they are aclimated, they're good to go. As for water changes in temp, there is never a major change in degrees.

[Damion]

I've been seeing lots of baby irridescent sharks in lfs that have ick. Seems like once they attain a certain size, they are hardier

[Osmium]

It may be that you are confusing young Pangasius with very similar species. Indeed: small offspring can easily be
confused with juvenile Emporer tetras(Nematobrycon palmeri).

The 'delayed' onset of such whitespot may be related to their possible expectations of territory, and also to eventual size-possibilities and resultant stress.

This is not a 'decoy' of thought - some species of catfish look very similar to Pangas(s)ius spp. neither of which should really be kept in captivity, for too long , if at all.


Let me look into this again: if not just for you; then as much for myself.

See also my p.m.




Nick

[Damion]

It may be that you are confusing young Pangasius with very similar species. Indeed: small offspring can easily be
confused with juvenile Emporer tetras(Nematobrycon palmeri).

Are you serious????????? or is this an example of off-topic posting?