is there a picture of the parasite that causes ich?

[johnmiami]

I posted a couple of weeks ago about having to start my 90 gal over again because of the presence of ich. All my recently purchased fish have died and am left with most of the originals that went through the cycling. I'm setting up other smaller tanks so I can dismantle and start over.

My question is what does the parasite look like? My 90 is still running until I get everything ready and Im am seeing little white spots, almost worm looking crawling on the glass. They just appear last week but now there are more. They are extremely small and without a magnifying glass you can't really tell they are actually alive and moving..

any thoughts out there of what these could be? Bad or Good?

 

[XBwlr]

Found here...
The Marine Ich Epidemic « Joe Jaworski’s Weblog

 

[prow]

ich is just a ciliated protozoan. there are several strains. you will not be able to see them with the naked eye. but they can not live without a host for long. leaving the tank fishless for 45+ days should render the tank ich~less.

do you have s pic of these white worms, dot things. its not ich forsure?

 

[lcstorc]

The way to eliminate and prevent ich is all in this thread.
http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/fish-diseases-treatments/23132-marine-ich-myths-facts.html

 

[johnmiami]

then I think what I am seeing on the glass is something else then. Someone mentioned copapod??? Does anyone know what they look like?

 

[XBwlr]

copepod - Google Image Search

 

[leebca]

The free swimming stage of Cryptocaryon irritans is not visible to the unaided eye.