Help Quarantining a Wrasse

[kpoj9]

Need some advice on quarantining a pintail fairy wrasse. I just got him today. He’s in my QT with my royal gramma who I‘ve had for a week. The QT is a 20g bare bottom with 2 3” PVC pipes. I‘m not treating the the tank yet. I usually give my fish a week to acclimate. My last experience with a wrasse was a Lubbock Fairy Wrasse and it was not good. He died 5 days after getting him. I was told this wrasse does not need sand. Is there anything I need to do or add to the tank to decrease his stress? In my experience wrasse seem like very sensitive fish. I’ve heard they are sensitive to their reflection.

 

[Qasimja]

so far im 1 for 2 for quarantining wrasses i got the blueside fairy wrasse into the display tank after a month of QT with copper and metroplex but the yellow coris didnt ship well and died 4 days after being in QT

 

[MMI]

I lost a carpenter's wrasse this morning in quarantine. He was doing ok until a few days ago when I dosed prazipro for flukes.

 

[saltyhog]

My pintail was fairly easy to QT. He does not need sand (Cirrhilabrus/fairy wrassse). I would not light the tank at all, just ambient room light. Be careful with prazipro as it is dissolved in alcohol and can lead to a bacterial bloom that depletes oxygen in the QT. I use General Cure for deworming/flukes instead. Wrasses are very prone to flukes so I treated all 14 of mine for them during QT with this.

 

[kpoj9]

My pintail was fairly easy to QT. He does not need sand (Cirrhilabrus/fairy wrassse). I would not light the tank at all, just ambient room light. Be careful with prazipro as it is dissolved in alcohol and can lead to a bacterial bloom that depletes oxygen in the QT. I use General Cure for deworming/flukes instead. Wrasses are very prone to flukes so I treated all 14 of mine for them during QT with this.

thanks for this info. I have general cure. How did they do with copper?

 

[saltyhog]

thanks for this info. I have general cure. How did they do with copper?

They all did well. I only used Copper Power and use a Hanna checker to determine my levels. I aim for 2.25 and get to that level over 5-7 days. I treat for 10-12 days and then transfer to a second sterile QT which is where I treat with GC...unless they show signs of problems with worms/flukes before that.