Any Vendors in the Area that will QT fish

[DIFish]

Are there any vendors in the area that will do a full QT? Am getting rid of a few fish and picking up a pair of cardinals to replace but doesn’t quite make sense to pay QT price + shipping for only them. In the past I have ordered online but that was for 6+. Anyone that you guys would trust to dump straight into a disease free tank?

 

[michealprater]

Probably a good idea to QT, even if you just observe.

 

[michealprater]

To add to that, an LFS in this area that does full QT would be awesome.... hint, hint local stores.

 

[Orion9]

Seascape studio runs copper in some of their tanks and will hold fish if you want to ensure 35 days at therapeutic levels, but I'm not aware of any other treatments like prazi or general cure being administered. I've read The Corner Reef will do similar, but from my in store experience they promoted parasite maintenance using UV sterilizers. Good luck!

 

[DIFish]

Thanks guys! Figured as much but thought I would check before doing the online thing again. Definitely want to QT but don’t really have the space and gear… would rather just pay the extra for it to be done! If I could walk into a LFS, select a fish to QT and and then pick it back up 30+ days later that would be pretty cool!

 

[Orion9]

I understand your concern, I just finished a long fallow period with 3 QT tanks and hope to avoid that situation in the future.

If it helps I placed two recent QT vendor orders, Dr. Reefs sent the wrong items by mistake which disappointing, I then tried Strikers Reef Keeping on eBay, made an offer on a baby Gem tang and was surprised he accepted. He had a well documented QT process and was quick to respond to questions.

I did QT fish from both vendors for a 2 week observation period w/no medication. I still have the Gem tang but nothing from Dr. Reefs, most of his order did not survive, the one that did terrorized my tank and had to be caught and given to a LFS.

 

[DIFish]

Very interesting! I have ordered from Dr.Reefs 2 times with a very good experience and was planning to do it again. Both times as a completely new reefer I was surprised at how easy it was to keep fish alive when they have no disease and virtually no losses on a 1-2 month old system.

Side note- Not sure if slash does group orders but if anyone is grabbing stuff from a QT vendor soon or want to jump in let me know!