What do you consider a QTed ray?

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I know I may sound crazy quarantining my rays for six months but with all of these nasty bacterias and fungus' going around, I don't want to risk my current stock.

Of course it is all circumstantial.

My 6 month qt process is for wild caught rays.

If they are CB, and are coming from a reliable source them the qt process is alot shorter. About a month.

Just to clear the black water on that lol.
 
^ Ummmm makes me wonder though, sometimes a wild ray can be healthier than a CB ray...lol
 
Agreed

DavidW;3067608; said:
There is some really good advice on this thread. Q can get very involved if you want to take it to the Nth degree. Large facilities and displays have a lot more at risk so need to be much more diligent.
For me the first part of Q was to do nothing ( except normal husbandry) and observe them for a week. The single best indicator for a ray's health is whether or not it eats. For the hobbyist treating for every possible parasite is not very practical and could do more harm than good, for a healthy ray a parasite is not really a problem, so one piece of advice I would add here is.....
:when it comes to medicating....I.D.B.T.
If it ain't broke don't fix it!
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I lean to the shy side of hitting most fish with meds. I agree a heathly fish in a healthy environment will be able to beat off most things it might come in contact with. Meds will usually stress a fish out, sometimes to the point of making them weaker than they can handle... only to kill a fish while trying to save them.

With some things though (like importing large numbers of wild caught stock), I will do wide spread treatments. Like any topic in the world of keeping fish, there will be two sides (if not more), and more than one 'right' way to do things.
 
i am like most have not done the resource to get a fecal sample done. i do keep new rays in quarantine probably 1 month min. my biggest concern is getting ray to eat with a good appetite. i use to prazi but i have not with the past three ray i have received. if i decide to keep more expensive rays in the future i think i would do things a little different.
 
My prefered method of doing so would be to isolate the ray and check for symptoms of disease or parasites and only medicate when needed.
 
DavidW;3067608; said:
There is some really good advice on this thread. Q can get very involved if you want to take it to the Nth degree. Large facilities and displays have a lot more at risk so need to be much more diligent.
For me the first part of Q was to do nothing ( except normal husbandry) and observe them for a week. The single best indicator for a ray's health is whether or not it eats. For the hobbyist treating for every possible parasite is not very practical and could do more harm than good, for a healthy ray a parasite is not really a problem, so one piece of advice I would add here is.....
:when it comes to medicating....I.D.B.T.
If it ain't broke don't fix it!
Click to expand...

older thread, but useful info....So conflicting opinions here. If it aint broke dont' fix it.. so if a ray is eating well and adding weight, it ain't broke??

I habve prazi'd some of my rays but not all, have the flower in Q right now and trying to decide if i should prazi... I hate medicating... But would if needed..
 
i always prazi and metro a new ray. both meds are very safe and you shoudlnt worry about them hurting the ray. i have prazied and metro'd both my flowers int he past.
 
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