Qt

[gspgretchen]

Is 20 days in QT enough for wild caught Lawnmover blenny? Filter went out and I hate to buy a new one because this will be last fish for a while. It shows no sign of any disease.

 

[Andrew]

Nope. 4-6 weeks at the minimum is recommend. Just because you don't see any parasites or problems with the fish doesn't mean they don't exists. Not all are visible right away.

 

[kevin2000]

No correct answer .. but many would argue that 4-6 weeks is a better/safer bet. I have gone lower on a few occasions but I tend to do some intensive prophylactic treatments on the front end of the Qt process which helps mitigate risk.

 

[gspgretchen]

I did prophylactic treatment with copper and formalin. Some will say this is incorrect, but we pretreat ourselves for diseases, so why not fish?