Quarantine Question

[Mike Lemming]

Hey everyone,

Today, I am done with a medicated quarantine and have some fresh saltwater mixing up. I have a couple of questions.

1. Can I do a 100% water change to get rid of the copper or, should I be lowering the copper level slowly? I don't want to shock the fish if that's a thing.

2. Assuming I get them into fresh saltwater tonight, can I put them into the display tomorrow or should I have them in fresh saltwater for a few days before the display?

Maybe I am overthinking this..

Thanks for the help!

 

[TheFunnyFarm]

If you have another sterile tank I would use that as a “clean observation” to transfer them into for a week or two. That way you can watch for symptoms, as well as feed medicated foods for internal parasites.

My protocol is based on Humble.fish:

• 1 week of conditioning
• Ramping up copper
  • 3 days typical
  • 7+ days sensitive species
• Theraputic copper / Formalin / Praziquantel regimen
• Removal from medicated system for Formalin & methylene blue baths, then into clean observation
• 2 weeks clean observation feeding praziquantel & metronidazole medicated food
• Into DT with social acclimation box

 

[Mike Lemming]

If you have another sterile tank I would use that as a “clean observation” to transfer them into for a week or two. That way you can watch for symptoms, as well as feed medicated foods for internal parasites.

My protocol is based on Humble.fish:

• 1 week of conditioning
• Ramping up copper
  • 3 days typical
  • 7+ days sensitive species
• Theraputic copper / Formalin / Praziquantel regimen
• Removal from medicated system for Formalin & methylene blue baths, then into clean observation
• 2 weeks clean observation feeding praziquantel & metronidazole medicated food
• Into DT with social acclimation box

Wow. You've got a pretty strict protocol but I'm sure it's working out!

 

[Humblefish]

If the fish have been in therapeutic copper for at least 30 days, then you can do a large water change. Meaning, copper doesn’t need to be ramped down slowly.

However, if you only treated with copper… I would, at the very least, also consider deworming the fish with prazi: Praziquantel

 

[Ortizdrz]

As humblefish said you can do a large water change. If using the same tank as the quarantine to now observe certainly do a minimum of 30 days before doing that water change. Or you can do 15 days then transfer to a clean sterile tank with no copper

 

[Mike Lemming]

If the fish have been in therapeutic copper for at least 30 days, then you can do a large water change. Meaning, copper doesn’t need to be ramped down slowly.

However, if you only treated with copper… I would, at the very least, also consider deworming the fish with prazi: Praziquantel

I have prazipro ready to go. Thanks for the help!

 

[Mike Lemming]

If the fish have been in therapeutic copper for at least 30 days, then you can do a large water change. Meaning, copper doesn’t need to be ramped down slowly.

However, if you only treated with copper… I would, at the very least, also consider deworming the fish with prazi: Praziquantel

Today is day 21 at therapeutic levels. Is that not enough? Go another week?

 

[Humblefish]

Today is day 21 at therapeutic levels. Is that not enough? Go another week?

Go a full 30 days at therapeutic if using just 1 QT

 

[Mike Lemming]

Go a full 30 days at therapeutic if using just 1 QT

I will do that. Thank for the help!