Lack of growth in ryukin..

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GlennDalton

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About a year ago I bought 5 ryukins for breeding stock. Four have reached 16 grams each and yet one is still weighing in at 9 grams. Is it just growing to it's genetic potential or is something wrong? Are there routine medications you treat fish with in quarantine since almost every other fish has a disease?

Glenn
 
Quarantine does not involve any medications. It's purpose is to monitor the fish for any signs of disease/infection. If the new fish show no signs of disease, after a predetermined amount of time, they're released into the general community. If a disease is discovered, the quarantine tank becomes a treatment tank and the required treatments/medications are administered.

As to the growth rate of your fish, genetics is the likely candidate for why this fish is experiencing slow/low growth. It's the luck of the draw with all of these man-made variants.
 
Oddball said:
Quarantine does not involve any medications. It's purpose is to monitor the fish for any signs of disease/infection. If the new fish show no signs of disease, after a predetermined amount of time, they're released into the general community. If a disease is discovered, the quarantine tank becomes a treatment tank and the required treatments/medications are administered.

As to the growth rate of your fish, genetics is the likely candidate for why this fish is experiencing slow/low growth. It's the luck of the draw with all of these man-made variants.
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True, but there are instances where quarantine involves preventative medication (perhaps medication is not the correct term). i.e. treating for worms or other such nasties in wild caught fish.
 
Redearsunfish said:
True, but there are instances where quarantine involves preventative medication (perhaps medication is not the correct term). i.e. treating for worms or other such nasties in wild caught fish.
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Then it is no longer a quarantine tank, it becomes a treatment tank whenever any dosage of any medication is introduced to the tank. Preventive medication is just an alternate term for treatment.
 
Oddball said:
Then it is no longer a quarantine tank, it becomes a treatment tank whenever any dosage of any medication is introduced to the tank. Preventive medication is just an alternate term for treatment.
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True. Perhaps the OP was asking about preventative treatments.
 
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