I've seen online a school of thought that you can 'pre treat' fish for pathogens. Has anyone here tried this method?
Can you reduce quarantine time with pre treatment?
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You don’t want to expose already stressed fish to chemicals that cause serious stress themselves.
If the fish is healthy, there’s no point in introducing toxins into them, if it’s not necessary, just to expedite the process. Just my 2 cents.
I agree. Plus the fish could end up with something you didn't use and then you have to add that too...which would be well over treating.
It’s done at some lfs that care and can shorten the qt time. But keep in mind pathogens can be acquired later in the life of fish that quarantining won’t stop.
I mean I’ve seen wild fish brought in treated with meds and kept in qt for a couple days to weeks and then put out for sale. Pretreated and a short qt time.
Oh okay. In the store. I get that. Just not as a usual thing for a hobbyist to do upon acquiring new fish. Just seems to be asking for trouble.
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
I mean for polys. I’ve treated for a week with prazipro and placed in my main tank. But for polys it can be done but can never predict. I got some wc Senegalus and added to my main tank and treated for bichir worms after noticing them on the fish. Wouldn’t risk it with other fish. See too much in the disease section.
Ugggghhhhhhh, you should just wait the quarantine period. Overuse of antibiotics develops resistance.
What he said!!