I use Reef Cleaners out of Florida. I don’t like to recommend commercial sources because their operations can change without notice…..
Aerosol is a real thing. Especially with Velvet!That's a good question. If the tanks are right next to each other and don't have lids, there is *some* chance for aerosol transfer of disease. A more common issue is transfer of disease by moving anything "wet" between tanks - your hands, tank tools, etc. However, with both tanks undergoing a similar quarantine timing (within two weeks) the risk is lessened. Here is a post I made about biosecurity:
It wont be within 2 weeks since its a wrasse i would slowly increase copper to therapeutic level. Oh bummer i really wanted to get the fish.That's a good question. If the tanks are right next to each other and don't have lids, there is *some* chance for aerosol transfer of disease. A more common issue is transfer of disease by moving anything "wet" between tanks - your hands, tank tools, etc. However, with both tanks undergoing a similar quarantine timing (within two weeks) the risk is lessened. Here is a post I made about biosecurity:
Its not the same qt tank but different tank just next to each other. I dont think the fish store would hold it for a month.
I'm guessing if you paid for the fish - they would - offer to pay for the food as well. - This is never a problem in our area
I have a fish in my other dt that hasnt gone through any qt but i want it in my new tank. Been there for 4 months with no signs of any disease. Its ok to transfer to the new tank without doing copper or prazi? The new tank im building will have fish that went through proper qt.
I would treat it with the usual protocol. Its possible for fish to have some parasites that are not obvious because there is a low density of the in the tank (especially with only one fish) - but then when added to a display problems ensue.
Oh, I understand. It is pretty common for flukes to be at a chronic level of infections for months to even years, and then some stress (like a fish move!) causes the flukes become an active fluke infection. Even ich can do this. I would avoid mixing quarantined and non-quarantined fish.
Thank you so much for the quick reply! No fish are scratching at all except the hippo, which went from not scratching at all to now scratching constantly today. The marks on the hippo look almost like air bubbles are stuck to it all over. Not the appearance of ich or velvet spots but more clear, but there any many. I’m thinking flukes or a weird reaction to the copper/metro.
My goal with the metro was to knock out potential brook. When I started this process I suspected ich, velvet, and potential brook. My DT is fallow and all fish are in this QT now.
I would consider completing 30 days of copper - however, you could add the first dose of prazipro now - since it's a short period - and the diagnosis is unclear this should not be a problem. To me - one of the pictures looks like mucus plugs (meaning continue copper) - the other a bit like flukes. I will say - I'm not seeing typical spots on my computer
There are definitely a couple mucus plugs, I know what those look like. Do they scratch from those?
Usually after copper 2 doses of prazipro are done 8 days between them. Then some like to watch the fish for any symptoms for 2 weeks - since some fish need 3 doses of prazipro.
