Gerritt Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 http://www.intelligencer.ca/2014/06/13/one-fish-two-fish-red-fish-dead-fish G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhickey Posted June 15, 2014 Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 So what's you point??? VHS has been here for 7-10 yrs and that's why bait shops have had a hard time conforming to MNR regulations governing the sale of bait and many small shops have closed. Along with stricter regulations placed upon us with regards to transporting live bait... As for the algae blooms there are several contributing factors such as phosphates and Ph level's changing due to run off. It really does become complicated on an economic level to find the rite balance. What I have come to believe over the past years with regards to algae blooms is that it relates to drastic changes in in the ecological cycle . In the past we saw phosphates do damage (change the Ph and now potash )... Potash is used is used to drop the natural level of soil in order to grow more bigger better plants per acre that yield a better result. $$ It is also used in pretty much all garden soil marketed as (green) environmentally friendly. I believe that the run off is deadly because of its effect on the Ph level of the water it runs into(run off) whether it be lake Ontario or a small lake ... To sum this up... Change the Ph Fish die.... Fish decompose ... Algae moves in... Decomposing fish brings on disease ... The new disease fish have to cope with is ??? VHS They bleed from the inside out. If they do manage to live I have been told that they are infertile ? Don. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeytier Posted June 15, 2014 Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 Yeah, not sure what the author's trying to get at. Not only is VHS non-transferrable to humans, but it also has nothing to do with water quality or ecological health. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerritt Posted June 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 So what's you point??? VHS has been here for 7-10 yrs and that's why bait shops have had a hard time conforming to MNR regulations governing the sale of bait and many small shops have closed. Along with stricter regulations placed upon us with regards to transporting live bait... As for the algae blooms there are several contributing factors such as phosphates and Ph level's changing due to run off. It really does become complicated on an economic level to find the rite balance. What I have come to believe over the past years with regards to algae blooms is that it relates to drastic changes in in the ecological cycle . In the past we saw phosphates do damage (change the Ph and now potash )... Potash is used is used to drop the natural level of soil in order to grow more bigger better plants per acre that yield a better result. $$ It is also used in pretty much all garden soil marketed as (green) environmentally friendly. I believe that the run off is deadly because of its effect on the Ph level of the water it runs into(run off) whether it be lake Ontario or a small lake ... To sum this up... Change the Ph Fish die.... Fish decompose ... Algae moves in... Decomposing fish brings on disease ... The new disease fish have to cope with is ??? VHS They bleed from the inside out. If they do manage to live I have been told that they are infertile ? Don. Given the large fish kill this spring.... Yeah it matters in these parts anyways. G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhickey Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 The algae blooms and die offs are nothing but a symptom of a bigger problem. This is something that needs research . I am no scientist but I and all of us have seen the damage of the past and whenever new products are introduced into the ecological cycle it traditionally has a negative outcome. Just something to think about for all those reading. I don't have the answer's. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shloim Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Damn VHS I knew I should have gone Beta! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 (edited) Environmental stress DOES affect VHS...the more stress a fish is under the higher chance of contracting or succumbing to VHS. That is a fact. Edited June 17, 2014 by Consigliere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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