Pests in T's enclosure

[lunarae]

Having micro organisms is going to happen regardless. It's being able to identify and know what they are and know if they are harmful or not that is the important aspect here. If you are unable to identify what it is, then you can't know if it is something to be ok with or not ok with, which means it is better to be safe then sorry. As @JumpingSpiderLady stated, in an enclosure they can't get away from the threat like they can in the wild. In the wild if ants or any other pest/parasite invaded their home to where it was unhealthy for them, they would find a new home. But in captivity the option isn't there and it's on us as keepers to keep an eye on that and provide that new home for them should the need occur. I generally seed my tanks with what I know is safe on that scale (isopods and springtails) so that other non-beneficial critters have a lower chance of setting up shop.

@tnerd93 For people who are unfamiliar with micro organisms and unfamiliar with setting up an enclosure to have a HEALTHY balance of said micro organisms, it's best that they keep it as sterile as possible for the sake of their T's. To scoff and make snide comments at someone for giving good advice when it comes to keeping T's for the over all public view is a rather bad practice to get into. I honestly hope no one was silly enough to try and take your comment seriously and use it as a form of advice in any way shape or form.

 

[REEFSPIDER]

@JumpingSpiderLady I was fortunate enough to never have an ich problem when I kept fish. I had a out of state on vacation power outage knockout my tank(s) and when I returned home it was devastating. I've only kept Bettas since. Less invested in them.

 

[shining]

@JumpingSpiderLady I was fortunate enough to never have an ich problem when I kept fish. I had a out of state on vacation power outage knockout my tank(s) and when I returned home it was devastating. I've only kept Bettas since. Less invested in them.

Ich is the easiest fish ailment to cure.

 

[JumpingSpiderLady]

Ich is the easiest fish ailment to cure.

Yes. It is easy to cure, but ignored, it will kill fish. If you ever have ich again, I recommend the heat treatment. Fantastic. But that is for another forum, I'd say.

 

[REEFSPIDER]

Ich is the easiest fish ailment to cure.

Im aware I never had to cure it thanks.

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

oh i never knew t's evolved in a completely sterile environment devoid of any other animals, thanks for the info

tnerd is not showing much common sense in regard to the issue. Let's see if we can draw a whimsical picture and kind of flawed picture because I don't feel like investing too much time in it.

He is living on a football field in a tiny make-shift tent. Also inhabiting that field are ten bedbugs. he doesn't like bedbugs, so he moves to the other end of the field. He doesn't have many encounters with the bedbugs until they really create a lot of other bedbugs. Before that, when they get to him, he simply moves to the other end. Wash, rinse and repeat every few nights. A nuisance, but manageable.

But uh-oh, due to some rip in time and space, he and the bedbugs are transported to an alternate universe. Still living on a football field, but in that alternate universe, instead of being 100 yards long, a regulation field is two yards. The games in that universe are singularly quick and boring.
And the ten bedbugs are reproducing. He can ignore them, or eradicate them. Which does he choose?
And THAT'S why foreign critters are generally something you wish to keep out of your enclosures with a couple notable exceptions. because like him living on that six foot football field and unable to escape the bedbugs, tarantulas can easily be overtaken by something that successfully establishes itself in their enclosure. There is no escaping the "bed-bugs".

The other examples given work fine, but I think this is more fun to imagine as a way of explaining scale to somebody that seems not to have a grasp on the concept and who apparently enjoys snarky sarcasm.