scooters reef
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Get through this first, but before re-stocking down the road read all the stickies on quarantine and disease treatment. Not to single him out, but anything by Snorvich is always full of details yet easy to read and follow. No way a fish store can quarantine. At best it's an observation period and you'll at least know they are eating, no visible disease, and over the stress of shipping. Their copper use though may have only stressed them more and I'd be surprised if a store had the time and ability to maintain copper at any effective level continuously while never crossing into the lethal range. Just read all you can here first. Again, just like for your fish right now, some rubbermaid totes would even work. If like many others you may have a few stuffed with belongings you haven't used in 20 years in the bottom of a closet
Otherwise, nobody can say how long it will take. Just have to keep testing and doing water changes until your arms fall off and you see ammonia and nitrites actually falling between changes instead of continuing to rise. You mentioned not seeing any change. While I'd test before each change to see the direction it's going do a test once both before, and after a change. If you change 30% you should see a 30% drop even if it rises back up of course.
Otherwise, nobody can say how long it will take. Just have to keep testing and doing water changes until your arms fall off and you see ammonia and nitrites actually falling between changes instead of continuing to rise. You mentioned not seeing any change. While I'd test before each change to see the direction it's going do a test once both before, and after a change. If you change 30% you should see a 30% drop even if it rises back up of course.