Any lfs can have fish parasites, especially if they are selling wild-caught critters. Whether from a dirty petco or a five-star aquarium store, new fish should always go through quarantine. You just never know.
I am definently going to qt now what do you recomend is the best way to qt
Best way to QT is to buy a cheap glass tank from a petsmart or petco, a hob filter, a heater, and an ammonia badge (because normal ammonia readers don’t work with copper meds). I also use a sponge filter, just because QT tanks need to be extremely sterile. Use a bottle of bacteria to kickstart the cycle process. Limit decorations to pvc tubes, as rocks tend to soak up medications and leach them back out. Avoid any cross-contamination between your DT and QT tanks. Once the fish are in there, run cupramine (a good ich/velvet med) for the correct amount of time, until the spots go away. Clean the tank often, keeping the copper levels stable, and eliminating the ich tormonts. Have a copper test kit to make sure the levels are stable and safe. Once you are done with the copper meds, you should hold the fish in QT for at least two weeks to make sure no parasites turn up. Leave them in until the fallow is over. There are more than one treatment for these illnesses, which can be found on the Disease & Treatments Forum.
what i have done is put my two surviving fish in qt with copper and i plan to do this for at least a month and keep my tank with no fish. Can the virus get on my hermit crabs i don't want to put them in qt because the copper will kill them. will they be ok?
