Help quarantine Threadfin Cardinals

[martin.a]

I messed up my ordering, and now I have 8 Threadfin Cardinals, Zoramia leptacantha (formerly Apogon leptacanthus), arriving on Tuesday or Wednesday next week. I need to quarantine all 8 of them.
The thing is... they are delicate, and I have never quarantined a fish before. Yes, I know what I did was wrong and stupid. I will go to hell for it, but please: can you help the fish?
I am cross-posting this on HumbleFish. Again, please beat me up, but help the fish.

Which quarantine protocol would you suggest? I can do copper or TTM (including hybrid). Copper seems somewhat more forgiving for an inexperienced handler.

I currently have:

• 80 L (20 G) AIO quarantine tank, already filled and running. A single goby currently lives in it under observation (the goby will move out before the cardinals arrive). The sintered-glass biomedia and sponge from this tank are currently in the sump of my main tank being seeded. This tank can be used for copper treatment.
• 20 L (5 G) plastic containers, heaters and air pumps for TTM, and enough floor space to actually do it.
• Copper Power
• Hanna Copper HR Checker (and other 'standard' checkers and water tests)
• PraziPro
• Hydrogen peroxide
• Formalin
• MetroPlex, KanaPlex and Focus should arrive within the next 14 days.
• I can get almost anything else if needed, but it may take some time.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I messed up my ordering, and now I have 8 Threadfin Cardinals, Zoramia leptacantha (formerly Apogon leptacanthus), arriving on Tuesday or Wednesday next week. I need to quarantine all 8 of them.
The thing is... they are delicate, and I have never quarantined a fish before. Yes, I know what I did was wrong and stupid. I will go to hell for it, but please: can you help the fish?
I am cross-posting this on HumbleFish. Again, please beat me up, but help the fish.

Which quarantine protocol would you suggest? I can do copper or TTM (including hybrid). Copper seems somewhat more forgiving for an inexperienced handler.

I currently have:

• 80 L (20 G) AIO quarantine tank, already filled and running. A single goby currently lives in it under observation (the goby will move out before the cardinals arrive). The sintered-glass biomedia and sponge from this tank are currently in the sump of my main tank being seeded. This tank can be used for copper treatment.
• 20 L (5 G) plastic containers, heaters and air pumps for TTM, and enough floor space to actually do it.
• Copper Power
• Hanna Copper HR Checker (and other 'standard' checkers and water tests)
• PraziPro
• Hydrogen peroxide
• Formalin
• MetroPlex, KanaPlex and Focus should arrive within the next 14 days.
• I can get almost anything else if needed, but it may take some time.

Yes, those are pretty delicate. Skip formalin and peroxide with those. Don’t use focus and ANY meds unless you calculate to dose properly.

The most important thing is to have a stable quarantine tank for them, with an operating biofilter. Setting up bins “on the fly” is going to work well. Depending on how long your media has been seeded, it may work.

Even modified TTM doesn’t work well on protozoans that have direct development (like Brooklynella and gill amoeba). It also doesn’t work well on flukes. The extra handling is rough on fish, something I’d avoid in this species.

I keep our updated quarantine protocol on the first page of this thread:

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/current-quarantine-protocol.825055/

 

[vetteguy53081]

I messed up my ordering, and now I have 8 Threadfin Cardinals, Zoramia leptacantha (formerly Apogon leptacanthus), arriving on Tuesday or Wednesday next week. I need to quarantine all 8 of them.
The thing is... they are delicate, and I have never quarantined a fish before. Yes, I know what I did was wrong and stupid. I will go to hell for it, but please: can you help the fish?
I am cross-posting this on HumbleFish. Again, please beat me up, but help the fish.

Which quarantine protocol would you suggest? I can do copper or TTM (including hybrid). Copper seems somewhat more forgiving for an inexperienced handler.

I currently have:

• 80 L (20 G) AIO quarantine tank, already filled and running. A single goby currently lives in it under observation (the goby will move out before the cardinals arrive). The sintered-glass biomedia and sponge from this tank are currently in the sump of my main tank being seeded. This tank can be used for copper treatment.
• 20 L (5 G) plastic containers, heaters and air pumps for TTM, and enough floor space to actually do it.
• Copper Power
• Hanna Copper HR Checker (and other 'standard' checkers and water tests)
• PraziPro
• Hydrogen peroxide
• Formalin
• MetroPlex, KanaPlex and Focus should arrive within the next 14 days.
• I can get almost anything else if needed, but it may take some time.

A little over thinking here. Keep it simple. Jay already gave Good input

 

[martin.a]

Thanks, guys! So to confirm: Let them settle in and confirm that they are eating. Start 30-day copper following Jay's protocol 1, only once the fish are settled and the biofilter has been confirmed to be adequate, don't rush.
I suppose asking about post-copper treatment, such as praziquantel, is probably a bit premature at this stage.