Please help me plan my quanantine...

[SecretiveFish]

So after getting ICK in my main system and losing half the fish, everything that is going in that system is going to be quarantined.

Currently the survivors are in a quarantine tank and the display tank is about a month into being fallow. I never want this to happen again (knew I was playing an odds game and finally lost), but after reading and reading about quarantineing procedures, I am horribly confused.

The fish I want to eventually get for that system which is a 150gallon along with the survivors are these:
- Indigo Hamlet (loved that fish... crushed that my stupidity killed him)
- Scopas Tang
- Lemonpeel Mimic Tang
- Pink Margin Wrasse female and male.

Do I just treat all of them with Cupramine as soon as they settle in? But I hear that wrasses have trouble surviving that... Do I also soak their food in Prazipro during this quarantining procedure? What else should I treat for? I am afraid of just observing them because ICK can be in their gills so I can't see it....

Please help! The survivors after treatment are the marine betta, pink spotted goby, and yellowbelly hamlet. I also have a DD pair of clownfish in quarantine that will eventually go into that system too...

 

[ca1ore]

With the exception of wrasses, my QT procedure has changed recently to:

1. 10 days of Nitrofuracin green powder, and to get the fish eating.
2. 30 days of either chloroquine phosphate or cupramine.
3. 10 - 14 days covering two rounds of prazipro
4. 14 - 21 days of observation

If a fish has an active parasite infection then I will skip step #1 and go directly to step #2. Since I have been having recent trouble with wrasses, those I just observe in QT for a while and then do a couple of rounds of prazipro.

 

[SecretiveFish]

Thanks for giving me your quarantine plan!

Cupramine claims to only need to be used for 14 days at the .5ppm level. Why do you treat for longer?

 

[ca1ore]

OK, this is all anecdotal, but .....

Wrasses seem to have trouble handling CP, but are OK with cupramine. I treat for 30 days because I have read accounts where active ich infections were not completely killed after just 14. One gets paranoid about these things!

 

[MrTuskfish]

Thanks for giving me your quarantine plan!

Cupramine claims to only need to be used for 14 days at the .5ppm level. Why do you treat for longer?

Because not all of the parasites have read the rules and follow a much longer life cycle course. Just read Snorvich's 1st post:http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2041951

Cupramine is very effective at a lower dosage about .4ppm), which is easier on the fish. Here's all the poop on Cupramine, the FAQ are vital. Also, SeaChem has a great tech dept., don't hesitate to call them. http://www.seachem.com/Products/product_pages/Cupramine.html