Quarantine 2 Fish and Inverts

[Dr Colliebreath]

I am getting a semilarvatus butterflyfish and a flame angel from LADD on Friday. Normally, I quarantine fish for 5-6 weeks and use Cupramine. Given the sensitivity of flame angels to copper, my choices seem to be:

1. Treat both fish together with cupramine at a very low dose (.15 ppm). I would ramp the dose up slowly.

2. Quarantine both fish separately, with the flame at a low dose and the semilarvatus at my normal dose of .35-.4 ppm (assuming I don't see actual signs of disease). I really don't want to do this.

3. Use the tank transfer method and either a low dose of Cupramine or no cupramine. This requires the use of two tanks and may be as much work as #2.

In all choices, I also will treat with PraziPro.

What approach would you follow?

I also am receiving some inverts (crabs, urchin, shrimp). I plan on leaving them in a bucket for 4 days (heater and airstone) and then move them to the DT. Sort of a mini tank transfer. Does anyone do inverts this way? 3-4 weeks of quarantine seems excessive for them.

Thank you.

 

[Deinonych]

There is also the option of chloroquine phosphate if you can get your hands on some.

 

[woodnaquanut]

There is also the option of chloroquine phosphate if you can get your hands on some.

I've seen it offered on ebay.

 

[alton]

All I do is freshwater bath for up to 20 minutes and then prazi pro for 4 weeks

 

[alton]

Here is my latest Angel with an attitude if I did not feed fast enough. This guy took to freshwater like a duck. I left him in for 20 minutes but it never affected him at all. I use a 100 gallon rubbermaid tub with a pond foam filter
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[LobsterOfJustice]

Tank transfer is becoming very popular. I did it recently and it was not much hassle at all.

 

[Mrscribbled]

Either way cupramine below .35 is ineffective... .15ppm can be used with free copper though.

 

[Deinonych]

I've seen it offered on ebay.

I bought some from the guy on eBay and it didn't work. Apparently, he sourced it from Fishman Chemicals which has been hit or miss.

I went to my vet and he wrote me a script that I got filled from a local compounding pharmacy.

 

[Deinonych]

Here is my latest Angel with an attitude if I did not feed fast enough. This guy took to freshwater like a duck. I left him in for 20 minutes but it never affected him at all. I use a 100 gallon rubbermaid tub with a pond foam filter

That fish is a keeper! :lmao:

 

[Dr Colliebreath]

Seachem claims Cupramine is effective at lower doses, depending on a variety of factors including the parasite and the % of parasite eradication. http://www.seachem.com/Library/SeaGrams/Cupramine.pdf ; http://www.seachem.com/Library/Articles/Disease_Prevention_Control.pdf

I would use higher doses if there is any evidence at all of parasites, but I am comfortable with a lower dose during a long quarantine process in the absence of signs of parasites.