That will cover ich, velvet, and most worms.
I agree, especially now compared to 10-15 years ago.
That's a great plan. I would just fatten the fish up and observe for a couple weeks, since you have the option to do so. In this tank, you can make sure they are eating all the foods you feed to your display. You can also grow out a new fish that comes in really tiny.
One of them is a lawnmower blenny. There was no naturally growin algae at the store I bought him. Or in the treatment tank where he spent 3 weeks hiding. Got a good lol at him during the move and he’s surprisingly healthy looking. He’s been in the observation tank for 2 hours and is happily picking away at all kinds of algae. I let that tank get overgrown just for him. He’s doing so well. They all are. I’m so excited
I’ve noticed much less disease the last few months. Maybe due to decrease in traffic of fish due to the virus. I don’t know. Still not taking chances though. 100% treatment required.
I have two clowns in QT right now. I ran them through copper and some other meds. A few days after I pulled the copper out, they showed signs of either ich or velvet.
It seems to me that OP treated with copper for 14 days, then moved the fish into a new observation tank (sterile from ich and velvet). @Mariette can confirm.
Did you transfer the fish to a new tank before you pulled the copper? If you leave the fish in the same tank, and remove copper, the ich/velvet cysts present in the tank can hatch and infect the fish.
I did a round of Prazi. Then a second round of Prazi w copper. The copper was at full dose for 2 weeks as instructed on the bottle. The fish were then removed from the treatment tank and placed in an observation tank that has been fallow for 6 mths so no chance of ick or velvet there.
All very good points. I have a sterile treatment tank. A 45g fully cycled tank for observation. And a 110g display tank. The 110g has a few corals, inverts and 6 fish all of whom have gone through the same qt process. All corals and inverts have spent 3 mths in the 45g fallow to starve off any parasites. I’ve got a very strict routine and am careful not to cross contaminate tanks. My only issue is a duration of observational qt because, as you’ve said, ick can show up after treatment.
I should have specified that I had the fish in copper (2.5ppm) for 30 days, not 14. This is one of Humble Fish's methods. With 30 days, you don't need to transfer. He only mentions transferring if they spend 14 days in copper.
Humble fish is very knowledgeable and I trust what he says :) personally, I find water changes w copper a real pain the the you know what + I have a nice big observational qt set up so it just works better for me to move the fish after 14 days
Which I disagree with. After you remove the copper, the tomonts can then hatch and infect your fish if they are in the same tank.
My lawnmower blenny has actively avoided all forms of algae that I've thrown in with it in quarantine except green film algae. It does, however, actively devour mysis and flakes.
Praziquantel often doesn't control Neobenedenia flukes. I always give fish a 5 minute diagnostic dip after the observation period to screen for Neo. I also change up your numbers a bit - 30 days copper and 2 weeks observation with no meds.
I’ve literally never had good results w a freshwater dip ever. Every fish I’ve ever dipped gets really stressed and I have to pull them out before the 5 min. I match the temp and ph in the dip so I don’t know what I’m doing wrong.
