Thinking about Fish

[mpcart]

Since the Diver's Den fish are already treated for ich and other parasites do you need to go the full six weeks? I guess I'm trying to understand if I still need to QT for parasites or if I am okay moving them over once they are active and eating well?

-Mike

 

[mpcart]

I'm still going to QT 6 weeks. A quick search shows that's still recommended.

It's hard to be patient in this hobby.

-Mike

 

[smoothdog]

Yeah, if you going to do it, do it right and don't futz around with it. I've made that mistake thinking the fish was fine after a couple weeks with no signs of a problem and then the whole tank iched up.

 

[Reeferhead]

yeah, if you going to do it, do it right and don't futz around with it. I've made that mistake thinking the fish was fine after a couple weeks with no signs of a problem and then the whole tank iched up.

+1

 

[Reeferhead]

Another thing to watch out for is fish which carry ick but don't display it until they're stressed. I fully QT'd a klein's for the full 6 weeks, it looked great from day one and ate like a champ, never showed a spot. I added it to the display and it was instantly pestered by another my PBT. It seemed to be holding its own though so I left the new fish in there. Boom! 2 days later it was covered in ick. I pulled it right away back in to QT but it was too late. After 3 days almost every fish in my tank was covered in spots. I lost about half of them.

Its a bit of a PITA of if you're really serious about keeping an ick free display do a bit of searching on the "tank transfer method." There is a sticky about it in the disease forum. IME in order to adequately prepare the new fish you should do a few weeks of standard QT first to get it ready and eating good before attempting the TTM. Unfortunately the TTM and QT in general aren't necessarily the best option for all fish.

 

[mpcart]

Never heard of TTM but made it through the sticky all the way until the bickering starts.

TTM seems easy enough and, if I'm understanding it right, you use the process whether you see signs of ich or not. Go through the TTM method then quarantine for another 4-6 weeks and treat with Prazipro if desired - then into the QT

I DO NOT WANT ICH IN MY TANK! So, I think I'll try the TTM in a week or so. I think with my small fish, the 5 gallon bucket method should work fine.

-Mike