Quarantine for Beginners

[Dooly]

before all the medications/treatments, I think the two most important aspects of quarantining would be to maintain clean water and get the inhabitants eating first (without meds/binders)

 

[banuvatt]

I did make sure they were eating before I put the meds. I tried to preconditioned them before actually started quarantine. They were in there for 5 days without any meds. I only treated once I noticed symptoms.

 

[Dooly]

what are the current symptoms you are noticing?

 

[banuvatt]

Mostly just hiding, the fish sometimes will eat if I put the pippette right where it is hiding and where it is facing.

 

[Dooly]

sounds pretty normal, do you have some flow in the tank where you can add some food and walk away? They'll eventually learn that seeing you means a chance for food

 

[banuvatt]

The fish is kind of skitish whenever I get near the tank it hides. It only comes out when I am not near the tank.

 

[banuvatt]

Does anyone know where to get Quick Cure? I found my allens damsel dead this morning. I am seeing slightly red sores on its body. Which makes me think it had uronema. When it was alive I never saw amy red marks on its body.

 

[banuvatt]

Just a disclaimer that picture was taken hours after I found it dead. So I am not sure if thaf would make a difference. I woke up at like 3 am-5 am and found it at the bottom of the tank dead in a pvc hide. I don't remebering seeing any red marks when I just pulled it out of the tank.

 

[drexel]

It's hard to say if it's uronema or not, but it works fast and fish usually don't survive unless treated asap.

 

[banuvatt]

I have been feeding metroplex/focus to the melanarus wrasse since the 2nd of this month. So also the wrasse is still eating and don't see any red marks on it. I could dose the tank directly with metroplex to start external treatment asap(I am not going to bother asking about formalin since we live in California.)

 

[banuvatt]

How do you guys sterilze your equipment? I was thinking either vinegar or bleach. My qt is acrylic so might not be able to use bleach.

 

[rishma]

How do you guys sterilze your equipment? I was thinking either vinegar or bleach. My qt is acrylic so might not be able to use bleach.

Vinegar works well, then completely dry before reuse. I don’t use bleach because I can never get the smell out enough to stop worrying about it. Vinegar is safer, in my opinion. The completely drying out is probably equally effective.