Does anyone medicate new fish in QT

[thegrun]

Total waste dude.
Observation doesn't uncover ich

Well if you observe for 9 weeks and don't see ich you can be 99.5% certain your fish are ich free.

 

[KeepNitReel]

Well if you observe for 9 weeks and don't see ich you can be 99.5% certain your fish are ich free.

I've learned my lesson of observation only QT the hard way. I'm the one who got the .5% instead of the 99.5, take your chances if you want.
I'd rather treat first than have to try and catch a fish in a 7ft tank

 

[Deinonych]

I personally treat all new arrivals proactively: two rounds of Prazipro followed by 4 weeks of chloroquine phosphate @ 40mg/g (up to 80mg/g if an active infection is present), then a minimum of 2 weeks observation post-medication.

 

[Mrscribbled]

It really depends on how closlely you observe your fish, I'm not around my tank much so I treat regardless.

I however feel that Prazi-Pro is a must have treatment even if going the "wait and observe route" many flukes and internal parasites are not as easily noticed as ich and velvet.

 

[ca1ore]

I've learned my lesson of observation only QT the hard way. I'm the one who got the .5% instead of the 99.5, take your chances if you want.
I'd rather treat first than have to try and catch a fish in a 7ft tank

Ok, bad luck, but if you only observed for 4 weeks then the 0.5% becomes, what, 10% ..... higher? Having said that, I'm on the fence on this. Some fish I just observe for 3 months, others get prazipro, and still others get prazipro and CP. Have a Desjardini now that shows no symptoms, but is in CP.

 

[KeepNitReel]

That kole tang was in a 10g QT for 13 weeks and a few days. Was released into the DT & a little stress from a tank mate & dude starts flashing. Well everyone knows the end of this story

 

[Guss]

Thanks gang, keep the good information coming, I think proactive treatment may be a good idea for me as the LFS often has some sketchy looking fishes. The NSLFS (not so local fish store) however has perfect looking fish. Luckily I live about an 1 1/2 hours from That Fish Place in Lancaster. But hate the drive! I am going to pick up some prazi-pro and go that route better safe than sorry.

 

[ca1ore]

The other thing to consider, and I'm probably going to end up contradicting myself, is how far along you are in your fish plan. For example, I now have 22 fish in my 265 (on the way to 35 or so) and am far more risk averse than I would be if I only had 5 fish. For Tangs I now treat even in the absence of symptoms, both for worms and skin parasites. Wrasses get treated for worms. Anthias, for now, just observed.

 

[Guss]

The other thing to consider, and I'm probably going to end up contradicting myself, is how far along you are in your fish plan. For example, I now have 22 fish in my 265 (on the way to 35 or so) and am far more risk averse than I would be if I only had 5 fish. For Tangs I now treat even in the absence of symptoms, both for worms and skin parasites. Wrasses get treated for worms. Anthias, for now, just observed.

We have only four in the display 150 reef set up, been running 13 months, 2 blue devils, one Ocellaris clown, and a Melanarus wrasse. We added three to our Qt tank last Sunday. a very small Coral Beauty, Basslet, and a Black Bar Chromis. we are moving really slow. Ran into some issues (my fault) around 8,9 month mark and dont want it to repeat those mistakes.

 

[iereefer]

Does anyone treat metro in addition to prazi or even medicate with api general cure? It has both metro and prazi. After a recent YT n BT lose recently, im not taking no chance whether it came from fellow reefer or LFS. I thought since aquiring some tangs from reputable and knowledgable memeber that it turns out missleading. It has affected how i care for them once under my watch…i noe have invested in a permanent hospital (copper tank and medication tank) and observation. Might be a little overboard with this approach, just cautious and ovrrly paranoid…