QT with snails and a fish that died. Next step?

[l8_apex_it]

I believe this is the correct place for this questions.

So I purchased a Purple Fire Goby over a week ago along with a few banded trochus snails. I placed them all in a 20 gallon QT. The PFG was looking great and eating well for the first week. On the evening of the 7th day I noticed he was not eating and was breathing rapidly. Later that evening he was dead. I did not notice signs of Ich in terms of having spots on him. I did notice one fin seemed to be frayed with signs of damage as well as a 1 mm stripe on his side that appeared raised. So I have no idea what took the fish out so suddenly.

My question is this "“ what should I do to safely bring the trochus banded snails into my DT? Should I keep them in there for 4 weeks or more? Should I perform multiple tank transfers? Obviously I can't treat the tank with chemicals. I know the snails are not carriers of Ich but can have hitch-hikers. Because I dealt with Ich last spring I am really trying to be as diligent as I can to keep Ich, and other nasty stuff out of the DT! What would you suggest?

 

[b0bab0ey]

I would probably setup another QT (or, say, a 5 gal bucket) and transfer the snails to there. Get them out of the water that the Firefish died in, just in case whatever killed him is still active. Use DT water to setup the new QT. Wash the snails off with DT water before placing in the new QT. Leave them in there for 3 days and you should be good to go. Or longer (4 weeks?) if it makes you feel better. Just don't take any chances.

 

[wooden_reefer]

I believe this is the correct place for this questions.

So I purchased a Purple Fire Goby over a week ago along with a few banded trochus snails. I placed them all in a 20 gallon QT. The PFG was looking great and eating well for the first week. On the evening of the 7th day I noticed he was not eating and was breathing rapidly. Later that evening he was dead. I did not notice signs of Ich in terms of having spots on him. I did notice one fin seemed to be frayed with signs of damage as well as a 1 mm stripe on his side that appeared raised. So I have no idea what took the fish out so suddenly.

My question is this "“ what should I do to safely bring the trochus banded snails into my DT? Should I keep them in there for 4 weeks or more? Should I perform multiple tank transfers? Obviously I can't treat the tank with chemicals. I know the snails are not carriers of Ich but can have hitch-hikers. Because I dealt with Ich last spring I am really trying to be as diligent as I can to keep Ich, and other nasty stuff out of the DT! What would you suggest?

Fish and non-fish should not be QT at the same tank.

CUC should have been placed into the DT many weeks before the first fish purchase.

 

[l8_apex_it]

I already have fish and snails. I was adding more snails and another fish. Point received that I should have not put them together in the same QT.
So what do you suggest that I do now?

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