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works as a dewormer too why I wanted to use epson salt. Not sure I can do aquarium salt in that tank pretty sure its bad for plecos.
Even if all it does is prevent blockage on any other fish till fri when I can grab some prazi pro its worth it. But if it makes them expel the parasites than sweet.
works as a dewormer too why I wanted to use epson salt. Not sure I can do aquarium salt in that tank pretty sure its bad for plecos.
Even if all it does is prevent blockage on any other fish till fri when I can grab some prazi pro its worth it. But if it makes them expel the parasites than sweet.
Binge
, so sorry to hear about the problems. Hope all works out.I have had the experience of loosing almost an entire tank due to introducing two wild caught cichlids into an establish tank without first doing a quarantine. I now never assume any fish is free and clear of anything. Even when a vendor waited a week to run parasite treatment before shipping the fish out, I still treated the fish when it came in. I cant stress enough how important QT is. Ever since I have done QT treatment I have lost zero fish. For me the very first thing is doing a parasite treatment. I like to use Tetra Parasite Guard. These are the fizzy tabs and they use multiple meds. I run the full course of treatment (3 times) and then wait upward to six weeks before the fish goes in the main tank.
Hao told me about prazipro, and since i got it i used i like once every two months just for prevention.
Normally I quarantine....toe that tank down bout a month ago didn't plan on adding anything....Was a splurge buy for the wife....oh well hopefully I dont loose any more
I have had the experience of loosing almost an entire tank due to introducing two wild caught cichlids into an establish tank without first doing a quarantine. I now never assume any fish is free and clear of anything. Even when a vendor waited a week to run parasite treatment before shipping the fish out, I still treated the fish when it came in. I cant stress enough how important QT is. Ever since I have done QT treatment I have lost zero fish. For me the very first thing is doing a parasite treatment. I like to use Tetra Parasite Guard. These are the fizzy tabs and they use multiple meds. I run the full course of treatment (3 times) and then wait upward to six weeks before the fish goes in the main tank.
That's awesome that you haven't lost any fish!
I have a lot of questions, per usual:
1} Do you have substrate, decorations in your QT?
2} Is 10-20 gal sufficient for the smaller bichirs? or what size would be better in case a bigger bichir gets sick?
3} Is tetra parasite guard + waiting six weeks your full quarantine routine?
I'm going to read up on QT and purchase one.
I use prazipro for qt.good luck
would methyl blue or malachite green help? Anybody use these in their QT routines?
clm08k
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1. Yes I do use substrate and decor. The fish that come in have usually just experienced a big ordeal getting caught, bagged and shipped across the country. That is on top of the fact they are wild caught and had that to go through. Who really knows how long they get from wild to your tank to finally settle down.
2. With small poly I would say minimum of a 20 long. But with the size polys I start with 12" or so minimun breeder sized tank. (36 x18 footprint)
3. This is always the begining along with good feeding and a very hardcore water change routine. I observe during that time and will treat other issues as they show. Usually its things like ammonia poisening or fin rot which will get them a bath treatment of M. Blue and salt. This usually takes care of that with no problem. I have had newly purchased fish also get Ich and my perfered treatment is seachem paragard and salt for that.
Yeah its a pain to QT because you want to get these fish in your main tank to enjoy but in the long run it is safer.
It really is a horrible thing to go through watching an entire tank die off and you have thrown hundreds of dollars at it, along with countless hours of research, water chages and trying anything to find a cure. Also the loss of fish you have raised from little tiny guys and developed an attachment to since you had them for a number of years is horrible. I went through it all and never want to go through it again.
