Are you sick?

[dela]

I picked up this starry blenny. He's in quarantine for now, but quite frankly, there is no way I can tell if he has ich or any other parasites!

I'm tempted to just do a few tank transfers with him and then call it a day!

I think if this fish could talk, he would say, "What are you waiting for? Just put my in the tank already!" :spin2:

 

[EllieSuz]

I kept mine in quarantine for six weeks. Ich would have showed up on his fins and been quite visible if he had it. Don't rush it. Why jeopardize your other fish? This is a perfect time to observe it and vary his diet and get him eating well. Be sure to get some Nori in there daily.

 

[b0bab0ey]

I kept mine in quarantine for six weeks. Ich would have showed up on his fins and been quite visible if he had it. Don't rush it. Why jeopardize your other fish? This is a perfect time to observe it and vary his diet and get him eating well. Be sure to get some Nori in there daily.

+1 Except I would QT for 8-9 weeks. The OP needs to consider that there are other ailments that tank transfer doesn't work on.

 

[MrTuskfish]

+1 Except I would QT for 8-9 weeks. The OP needs to consider that there are other ailments that tank transfer doesn't work on.

Yeah, a QT is the healthiest and safest place to acclimate a new fish to captive life---its not just the parasites.

 

[sandwi54]

+1. There are much more parasites than ich. Ich is actually quite harmless compared to velvet or brooklynella. You will have to take those into account as well.

Or do what some of us do: prophylactic treatment with cupramine and prazipro.

 

[MrTuskfish]

I think if this fish could talk, he would say, "What are you waiting for? Just put my in the tank already!" :spin2:

I think he'd say 'thanks for caring enough to keep me in a QT!"
I don't know why so many folks think fish "dislike" a QT. (I don't like giving human emotional qualities to fish, but this time....Ok) A decent QT is safe, no competition for food, no harassment from tankmates, etc. I think a fish's main extincts are simply, "eat", "avoid being eaten'' and "reproduce". I doubt fish get "lonely', and if they do, its only for their own kind. Many fish are kept by themselves for years in a species tank. I kept an Undulated trigger by himself for about 12 years and if he could talk he would say " If you want to keep your damn fingers, don't stick them in my tank, idiot!"

 

[charleneatkins]

I'm glad I am not the only one to think my fish wish they could talk me. I am not sure I want to hear what they got to say:lol:

 

[dela]

One good thing is that these guys will actually sit still and let themselves be examined.

Now I just need to be able to determine what is a parasite and what is camouflage!

And while he obviously took to the tube right away, that was maybe not such a good idea since it hides half his body!

And in the other pictures I took, it looks like this fish has cataracts!