So sometime in July, I had marine velvet wipe out all my fish in 2 days time.... so i'm trying to restock now. I started up a QT and have 2 fish in there currently waiting for fallow period to be done with and for 30 day treatment with copper before they go in the DT. I'm real busy throughout the day with kids and work. Usually I try to do what needs to be done for these tanks whenever I have time. Usually it's the same time of day. When I'm working on both tanks doing things such as feeding, water testing, etc... How do I keep from cross contamination?? I've read about transmission being as easy as aerosol transmission. Is washing my hands with soap between working on each tank enough? Or would just leaving my hands to dry before starting on the next tank suffice? What are your procedures to keep from cross contamination??? Thanks in advance.
Cross contamination between DT & QT
- Thread starter bimmer88
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Save 'old' syringes for such situations, so you can use one set of syringes for tests of suspect tanks; wear exam gloves (your drugstore); wash between; don't share equipment between tanks, and once through with an infected tank, wash out with bleach solution and follow up with Prime water conditioner to deal with the bleach. You could bleach your syringes, as well, if Primed afterward, but I hesitate to recommend it, as you could really do a bad turn for your fish if you let bleach get into your tank. Main rule is if you can smell bleach, there is bleach. Use Prime until you have no bleach smell anywhere.
