quarantine

About a year ago I purchased a couple of clowns from vivid aquariums online. One died and the other lived for about a month before dying. I quarantined both but did not have any medication on hand when their conditions took a turn. Now, I’m thinking of finally purchasing another couple black and...

I am picking up my very first wrasse this week. I have a 20 gallon QT tank set up but I have some questions. I understand wrasse are sensitive to some chemicals. In the past I've used Prazipro and Cupprasafe. Are there ok? Should I skip them and just do an observation QT? If I use egg crate to...

Hi everyone. Yesterday I lost my Coral Beauty in the quarantine tank. The 20G tank had nothing in it other than PVC, an airstone, and a HOB filter.He had developed ich a few weeks ago and so I moved him into quarantine to treat him with copper. The tank had been fully cycled. He was acting...

Hello all. I recently got a McCosker Flasher Wrasse that looks like it might have some fin rot. I have never seen fin rot like. It puzzles me quite a bit. He is still eating. I gave him some pellets this morning and gave him some mysis after I got home. He ate both times. He is swimming out in...

I just set up a small 5 gallon tank and am thinking about getting a red claw crab or two and giving them a island, but also being able to house a quarantined fish in there if things turned south. Will red claw crabs live long in full scale saltwater? Or should I just abandon that idea?

Hi guys Just got a Diamond Goby from a friend that looks suspiciously skinny... doesn't look to me as he has been eating a lot of food. I'm going to keep him on my QT tank for a couple of weeks or until I'm sure he is fine. So here's my question: when you QT a Goby on a barebottom tank, do you...

Hey everyone, I have a 215L tank which houses a couple of clowns, inverts (Chaiton, Mantis, Hermits, Snails) and some damsels. One of my clowns is a bit under the weather recently.. He developed a white fuzzy beard at one point, and retained it for about a week. This has now disappeared and...

To what extent would you clean and quarantine corals coming from a tank with aiptasia, bubble and other nuisance algae, and other hitchhikers. My approach would be to clean the tank of pests as much as possible and make sure the corals themselves were free of pests. Then I would move to a...

Hello all, yesterday I naught a Royal Gramma from my LFS. I floated him for 15 mins and every 4 mins I put half a cup of water from my qt tank into the bag. By this time, the Royal Gramma was significantly stressed darting back and forth in the bag but he settled down. I added him to qt tank and...

Hello everyone Looking for some advice with black ich eradication... My Tang fully recovered from Lympho about a month ago. I guess that opened the door on his immune system for the turbellarians to attach. I noticed the little black spots above his skin near his fins yesterday, which...

Has anyone found a vet in CT that is willing to write a prescription for Chloroquine? Would love to order some from Dimondback to have on hand for quarantine.

I've heard that Jason's corals are pretty pest free, i just received a gift card for Christmas and was wondering what people's thoughts on whether or not I should QT the Acros I'm ordering. Thanks

Will dipping corals for pests eventually lead to superbugs? Real world example: Antibiotics are currently over-used in our world, and are leading to antibiotic resistant bugs. Antibacterial soap is being banned in parts of the world due to the development of resistant strains of bacteria...

Hi All, I recently ordered an ornate leopard wrasse (Macropharyngodon ornatus) and she came on Tuesday. Initially, she dove to the bottom and skated around looking for sand. I "helped" her from the glass to the sand bowl and have seen her a few times since. She looks ok for now, but I just...

I'm looking to make a quarantine tank out of one of my 36"x12"x12" acrylic tanks This one has a 1" drain with two 3/4"returns on top. I dont want to use a sump and the sponge filter with air pump I got is too loud. I was looking at canister filters where I could just run a sponge in the...

Hi All, I am in the process of researching/purchasing a sand dwelling wrasse. Since these fish need a sand bed to sleep in, how would you go about medicating? I plan on observing and doing prazi only, as long as there is no problems noted. Will sand absorb prazi? Thanks!

i just saw a white thing on one of my dwarf angelfish last night. This morning it is gone but there is a spot of discoloration where I saw the thing. These fish are already in QT so can I dose copper and Prazipro general cure melafix? Also, if it is flat worms will that effect my corals that are...

I am setting up a new 96 gallon reef tank. I always quarantine new fish and for this new build I have a 20 gallon frag tank/holding tank to also quarantine new corals (once they have been dipped). My plan is to watch new specimens a minimum of 6-8 weeks before introducing them to the new tank...

hi everyone, This is an update to an earlier post i had qt-ing 2 firefish in a 13g. So far: 1) 5 m freshwater dip, then placed in qt. 2) days 1-5 praxipro, clean qt 25% water change 3) days 6-10 2nd dose praxipro, 25% water change Cupramine 1) days 1-13 of cupramine after praxi, both firefish...

I just completed a 9 week quarantine period on 2 clowns... all went great! I am thinking of getting another fish (Midas Blenny) started in quarantine. I will clean the QT tank first, but do I need to start over with a new sponge filter in my AquaClear HOB filter? It seems i would have a...

Hey guys, first heres a little backstory, i have a 75 gallon mixed reef that i recently just lost all my fish due to ich, it was entirely my fault because i thought i could get away without quarantining. so needless to say i went out the other day and bought a 10 gallon quarantine tank but was...

hi everyone, I currently have 2 firefish in a 13g qt, i started them w a 5m fresh water dip them on praxipro for 5 days, cleaned and redosed tank after 5 days more w praxipro. After day 10, i started using cupramine increasing lvls over a 2day period to match the 0.5 copper lvl needed. I...

hi all. I’ve had this pj cardinal in quarantine since I had an ich outbreak in my tank. He is currently being treated with CP and I noticed his fins have a black edge and are partially gone. He sits next to the heater a lot in the QT so I can’t decide if he’s burned his fins, has fin rot, or...

Now who do I adjust & which direction? Plan was to float new bags, match salinity & throw into QT, no drip acclimation. QT has been running about a week - no meds yet as I wanted to start everyone at the same time once they were all eating well. Fish in there from LiveAquaria who showed up...

Hey all, I got super lucky and will be purchasing a Golden Dwarf Moray Eel from a LFS here and was wondering about quarantine methods. I reviewed some quarantine threads and have done so before for fish, but never for eels. I want to make sure that I do this right the first time around...