Feeder fish quarantine ?

[predatorkeeper87]

100 % beter to first freeze fish. This mean killing all parasites. Then cut up and feed....

parasites yes, but bacterial/viral infections can persist after freezing, so care still needs to be taken before freezing.

 

[krichardson]

parasites yes, but bacterial/viral infections can persist after freezing, so care still needs to be taken before freezing.

I thought that I had seen that written somewhere before.

 

[predatorkeeper87]

I thought that I had seen that written somewhere before.

RD beat my face with it in my old feeder QT thread haha

 

[krichardson]

That might have been where I saw it.

 

[xraycer]

parasites yes, but bacterial/viral infections can persist after freezing, so care still needs to be taken before freezing.

This is why surgical/medical equipment are sterilized via autoclave ovens and not merely soaked in boiled water or bleach. Some bacterial spores are nearly nuclear-proof