QT Process Modifications for Captive-Bred Regal Angelfish?

[TeeJay87]

As some of you know I am in business of selling qted fish.
My recommendation for captive bred fish like yellow tangs, hippos, angels etc that are sensitive to copper is to leave them in a sterile tank for 30 days. Then next 2 weeks or so you can do prazi and metro to clean the internal. 45 days later If you don't see any parasites like ich or velvet then you are good.
If you must then do a 1ppm copperpower and over few days bring it to 1.5ppm and that's about it for 14 days.
These fish specially angels are very very sensitive at that small size and age. Any slightly harsh treatment will kill the fish quickly. Just my opinion and experience.

Thanks for sharing; much appreciated!

When you say “45 days later If you don't see any parasites like ich or velvet then you are good.”… is that 45 days on top of the 30 day observation + 2 weeks prazi/metro (i.e. total quarantine time of approx. 90 days)?

 

[Dr. Reef Verified Sponsor]

Thanks for sharing; much appreciated!

When you say “45 days later If you don't see any parasites like ich or velvet then you are good.”… is that 45 days on top of the 30 day observation + 2 weeks prazi/metro (i.e. total quarantine time of approx. 90 days)?

Total 45 days. 30 in sterile observation and plus 15 days for prazi and metro treatment.

 

[roryodireland]

I decided on atleast 15 days of observational quarantine, but the regal is so small (and following some advice on observational quarantine), I will likely be doing atleast 30 days, maybe 2 months. We will see how fast he grows.

I’m doing 100% WC every 3 days per the 2022 BRStv QT process. Per that process, I’m leaning towards Prazipro application on 3 consecutive WCs for 9 days of Prazipro in total.

I’m hoping it is 99% safe to assume Ick and Velvet would have shown up on a captive-bred by Day 30 of observational quarantine, but I need to read up on that.

I’m on day 8 and he’s doing good. Eats 5 different types of food that I have. Only thing he wasn’t too interested in was the seaweed extreme pellets, but they are probably too large. He’s got some really cool horizontal/misbar lines on his right side.

Did you end up doing any copper ? Ive one of these ordered and im wondering the same but ive had so many issues with ich before im not super keen on not running copper. I also have choloquine but ive never used it before.

 

[TeeJay87]

Did you end up doing any copper ? Ive one of these ordered and im wondering the same but ive had so many issues with ich before im not super keen on not running copper. I also have choloquine but ive never used it before.

I did not use copper. Had the regal in QT for months so I felt confident it was healthy.