Aquaculture quarantine??

truben1010 · Mar 21, 2019

So I bought a tiny little aqua cultured yellow tang 2 days ago and he has been looking perfectly normal and eating like a little pig. I have read that aqua cultured fish are less likely to carry diseases or come with diseases I mean. I am wondering if I should use copper on this little guy. He is about 1 inch.

This is him while acclimating

JaimeAdams · Mar 21, 2019

Well, did he come from that actually aquaculture facility? Do they only do aquaculture or are there wild collected fish as well? Do you QT everything wet going into your tank?

Mjrenz · Mar 22, 2019

I have very little knowledge on the subject but I have to say that he's adorable

Jvesche20 · Mar 22, 2019

I don’t know much about if it will have a less of a chance of a disease but I wouldn’t take that risk. All fish get QT for 1 month. I used to not QT but then I got ich so ever since I made sure the fish are disease free.

truben1010 · Mar 22, 2019

Jvesche20 said:
I don’t know much about if it will have a less of a chance of a disease but I wouldn’t take that risk. All fish get QT for 1 month. I used to not QT but then I got ich so ever since I made sure the fish are disease free.

Should I treat with copper? Even if he’s so young and tiny and you can kinda see his insides?

Mjrenz · Mar 22, 2019

truben1010 said:
Should I treat with copper? Even if he’s so young and tiny and you can kinda see his insides?

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Jvesche20 · Mar 22, 2019

truben1010 said:
Should I treat with copper? Even if he’s so young and tiny and you can kinda see his insides?

If you like. Just make sure the copper isn’t too much. I have a purple tang that I added too much copper and he almost died. He wasn’t swimming nor was he eating after I added cooper. I let him sit there for 4 days then removed and he slowly recovered. Now he’s happy as can be being the boss of the tank. There’s also this a very popular process.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/my-current-qt-process.483371/

Jvesche20 · Mar 22, 2019

Mjrenz said:
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Mjrenz · Mar 22, 2019

Jvesche20 said:
I think you meant @ngoodermuth @4FordFamily @Frtdrmrose7 @HotRocks

This stuff still confuses me (technology) Thank you

HotRocks · Mar 22, 2019

I treat all fish with copper. Too much risk for me in regards to my DT.

If the fish was bought at an LFS and was in a system where they keep both wild caught and tank raised fish it doesn't matter any longer at that point.

If you bought it directly from a facility that is strictly breeding fish with no exposure to wild caught fish there is less of a risk but still one that is not worth taking IMO.

4FordFamily · Mar 22, 2019

HotRocks said:
I treat all fish with copper. Too much risk for me in regards to my DT.

If the fish was bought at an LFS and was in a system where they keep both wild caught and tank raised fish it doesn't matter any longer at that point.

If you bought it directly from a facility that is strictly breeding fish with no exposure to wild caught fish there is less of a risk but still one that is not worth taking IMO.

100% concur

Frtdrmrose7 · Mar 22, 2019

Treat with Copper Power at 1.75ppm using a Hanna checker to keep the levels steady. Therapeutic minimum level is 1.50ppm so if needed you can go down as little bit.
14 days in copper then transfer to sterile tank and then do two doses of either GC or Prazi for flukes 5-7 days apart.
Feed metro or GC laced food for the first 14 days to eliminate internal parasites.