Here's a thought. Imagine putting WC fish in the same tank as Tank Raised fish.
I am sure we've all/most of have done it without wondering.

I saw something similar on another forum about this subject,,but the thread starter didn't get any responses. I guess nobody has any answers for it???? Lets see what happens here.

Something I never thought about (obviously),,,but thinking back now,,,it is quite possible that the WC fish I lost wasn't due to anything I was doing differently.

We/I am always looking for the whats and whys and the hows.

WC fish have never been exposed to any diseases as tank raised fish, and visa versa. So,,,,,adding WC fish to tank raised tanks would put them in harms way right??? Both tank raised AND WC's would suffer from unknown illnesses???
Would they be immune to them???? I would say that the WC fish are healthier than tank raised fish as far as fighting off illnesses???

Maybe my WC fish were dying because of something my Tank Raised gave them????

Does anybody add WC fsh toTank Raised tanks, and if so,,,do you have certain steps you follow. Or do you get LUCKY,,,,as some of us do/did.


Heres one thats maybe suitable for a new topic somewhere.
Does anybody know if the supplier or breeder of WC fish actually "test",, somehow,,the fish they are shipping?? Or do they just add the "air tablets" to the bag???


AP.

This is something I had never thought about, but Larry brought it up in a topic a long time ago, and to me, it made a lot of sense. There have got to be all kinds of goodies in fish tanks that fish would never be exposed to in the wild, at least not the concentrations you'd find in a tank.

I don't know, but I would think that no matter how strong their immune systems are, if it's something they'd never been exposed to, they'd be susceptible.

I have experienced problems adding wild fish to tank raised fish in the past.

I've always quarantined wild fish, fed medicated antiparasitic food, and done everything humanly possible in an effort to introduce them to the main tanks without incident.

I firmly believe that all fish (wild or tank raised) can "carry" diseases without actively being ill with them, and all it takes is one little "crack" in the immune system to open the door to illness. So, with that being said, it's feasible to me that wild fish could catch things from tank raised fish simply because they've never been exposed to them before in the wild, and vice versa.

Unfortunately, it seems the be the wild (more expensive) fish that hit the hardest when you lose them.