sneeyatch
Active member
Basic information: I picked up a tennenti from a very reputable LFS last weekend (the 12th) and it's currently in my QT where I'm treating it and a Royal Gramma with Paraguard. The Gramma has been in there since the 4th of this month.
The LFS told me that they keep a therapeutic level of copper in their fish only systems at all times and monitor it very closely. I believe them and have no reason to believe otherwise. The tennenti has been in his system for 3 weeks. I can follow that information back through different threads on his website / forum, so again, I believe him.
Now, my QT is very well established and pretty funky. I maintain a good bacterial load and have some algae and even some pods running around but they are few and far between which is to be expected I guess.
Anyway - my main concern is this: I know that the QT process is hard on some fish - tangs included - that the medications kill off parasites both externally and internally. Since the tang has been in their FO system for 3 weeks and has been in mine for a week, I was hoping to possibly pull them soon to add to the display.
Since Paraguard is an aldehyde based medication, and Paraguard is effective on both internal and external parasites as well as bacterial infections, I was really concerned that the medication could be wrecking their insides so to speak.
Calfo (or his colleagues) on WWM have stated that with aldehyde based medications that the QT period should be right around a 3 week period - 3 weeks and a day from what I can remember reading.
What are your thoughts?
The LFS told me that they keep a therapeutic level of copper in their fish only systems at all times and monitor it very closely. I believe them and have no reason to believe otherwise. The tennenti has been in his system for 3 weeks. I can follow that information back through different threads on his website / forum, so again, I believe him.
Now, my QT is very well established and pretty funky. I maintain a good bacterial load and have some algae and even some pods running around but they are few and far between which is to be expected I guess.
Anyway - my main concern is this: I know that the QT process is hard on some fish - tangs included - that the medications kill off parasites both externally and internally. Since the tang has been in their FO system for 3 weeks and has been in mine for a week, I was hoping to possibly pull them soon to add to the display.
Since Paraguard is an aldehyde based medication, and Paraguard is effective on both internal and external parasites as well as bacterial infections, I was really concerned that the medication could be wrecking their insides so to speak.
Calfo (or his colleagues) on WWM have stated that with aldehyde based medications that the QT period should be right around a 3 week period - 3 weeks and a day from what I can remember reading.
What are your thoughts?
