Parasites from Florida fish? Always Quarantine?

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excaliber

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I'm new to this so I thought I'd ask here. I'm looking to order some fish from a place in Florida. Have any of you brought fish in from Florida and had to deal with parasites? One of the LFS said to be on the lookout for some kind of worm (hookworm?) from Florida fish and it could be hard to get rid of.
I'm not sure if they were just saying that but they seemed pretty straight forward about it.

Do you quarantine all your fish? What if these new arrivals are the first fish in a brank new tank?
Do you still quarantine them before they go in the new tank?
 
In general you should quarantine ur fish for how long 1-2 months.

But unless ur fish is coming from a pond it’s hard to interpret what wa said.

I live in Florida and have a lot of fish farms around me. Even got seagrest and imperial tropics 30min from my home. Most keep their fish in vats/tubs/ponds and the fish are well looked after.

What are u getting or ordering?
 
excaliber said:
I'm looking for some Electric Blue Acara and Red Head Tapajos
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Those are readily captive bred here in Florida. I would make sure ur ordering from a reputable source. A lot of fish shops get there cb fish from fl. Whom are u ordering from?
 
I've learned that Quarantine time is critical. Even if the fish looks and acts healthy, the stress of moving from place to place can lower their immune system and parasites can take hold. Better safe than sorry. I just lost two really good looking Green Terrors from my LFS cause I got impatient.
 
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kno4te said:
Those are readily captive bred here in Florida. I would make sure ur ordering from a reputable source. A lot of fish shops get there cb fish from fl. Whom are u ordering from?
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Imperial Tropicals is who I was thinking about ordering from. I've heard nothing but great things about them and they have been quick to respond.
 
excaliber said:
Imperial Tropicals is who I was thinking about ordering from. I've heard nothing but great things about them and they have been quick to respond.
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They have good stuff but always quarantine.
 
Quarantining is to protect your old fish from new pathogens and your new fish from old pathogens
 
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