Laughncat
Fish Fanatic
O.k. O.k. Maybe it's a dumb question, but I felt this was worth asking.
I've been wondering for a while now if it was possible to accidentally infect a tank with a communicatible disease (like the ich) via a plant. For example, an aquatic plant is purchased from an LFS is expericaning an ich outbreak and it's spread to most of the tanks because all their tanks run off the same system. Or the plants are being kept in the same tank as some fish (fairly common practice in my area).
I know it seems silly, but I would hate to accidentally introduce parasites into my tank...
On a side note, part of the reason I wonder this is because plants can be the bearers of other problems, albiet more benign ones. I didn't have any snails in my tank until I bought my first plant. The local petsmart carries plants (one of only two places I know of in my area, and their stuff is just nasty and ill kept. Some of the plants are half dead, while several of the tanks have these little cockroach type insects running around on the inside of the tank
I've been wondering for a while now if it was possible to accidentally infect a tank with a communicatible disease (like the ich) via a plant. For example, an aquatic plant is purchased from an LFS is expericaning an ich outbreak and it's spread to most of the tanks because all their tanks run off the same system. Or the plants are being kept in the same tank as some fish (fairly common practice in my area).
I know it seems silly, but I would hate to accidentally introduce parasites into my tank...
On a side note, part of the reason I wonder this is because plants can be the bearers of other problems, albiet more benign ones. I didn't have any snails in my tank until I bought my first plant. The local petsmart carries plants (one of only two places I know of in my area, and their stuff is just nasty and ill kept. Some of the plants are half dead, while several of the tanks have these little cockroach type insects running around on the inside of the tank