Re-home fish quarantine

[ninjafish710]

Looking for opinions on what to do with a re-homed fish. I potential fish in question is a two spot Kole tang. I haven’t seen it in person yet, but for sake of conversation let’s assume it’s appears healthy in all observable ways. I intend to at minimum do an observation quarantine. Would you do a treated quarantine preemptively?

 

[Daz_1978]

I do with all my fish… 30 days of Copper Power at 2.5, followed by two consecutive doses of PraziPro.

 

[Frags 2 Fishes]

All fish should at least go through an observational QT where you can make sure they are eating well and are fattened up. It also makes it easy to treat if needed

Doing anything different is just rolling the dice.

 

[Tamberav]

If you do observation only, do it for 4-6 weeks. Longer being better. I have had disease show itself right around the 4 week mark when fish looked perfect before.

Healthy fish handle copper well

 

[Daz_1978]

If you do observation only, do it for 4-6 weeks. Longer being better. I have had disease show itself right around the 4 week mark when fish looked perfect before.

Healthy fish handle copper well

I’ve had new fish with zero signs of negative health, suddenly show signs after the first month as well.

That’s why I always treat with copper in QT. I use Copper Power though, which is easier on the fish.

 

[jtf74]

Looking for opinions on what to do with a re-homed fish. I potential fish in question is a two spot Kole tang. I haven’t seen it in person yet, but for sake of conversation let’s assume it’s appears healthy in all observable ways. I intend to at minimum do an observation quarantine. Would you do a treated quarantine preemptively?

I would treat w/ copper at a min. Got a rehomed hippo tang was told it had been qt'd and the guy hadn't added fish in several months. Observed it for two weeks then put in DT. Two weeks later all fish had ich and i had to catch them all and treat with copper. Never again will I skip this step. Lost a 12 year old royal gramma in QT and a nice flame angel that jumped out of my QT setup through the gap between lids.

 

[ninjafish710]

Thanks for the opinions. The deal fell thru, someone else scooped the fish up before I could. This is something that I’d have wondered either way..