If he pulls the fish straight from copper and they have been asymptomatic for the two weeks, there is little increased risk over my proposed protocol. I go for 30 days because it is a bit better and home aquarists should be in no rush to move fish to their DT, while he needs to move fish out to get new ones.
Ok, perfect. That's what I needed to know. That's kinda what I always remember the protocol being but then over the last couple years it seems to be 30 days. It's been 4+ years since I've purchased fish and I'd like to replace my ywg that passed at 6 years
What's the uranema risk and any way to qt/treat for it?I purchase all my fish from him.
I haven’t had anything that wasn’t already in my tank and they are upfront about the uranema risks.
All fish shown are from him, including the achillies.
Most of these fish have been in the tank at the start since May.
Thanks, I'll give them a look. This tank has had zero fish for 4 years so I'm going to start with QT fish. All inverts and coral were QT for over 100 days in a separate tank before adding.
I thought that ATR was no longer offering QTd fish
I ran my own QT for a year and a half. That particular cilia is just hard to eradicate. My opinion is that the metro is either not effective, or the wrong dosages are being applied. It’s difficult to eradicate internal and external uranema. Healthy fish seem capable at keeping it at bay, but I personally would be weary of any vendor or person that thinks they can eradicate it with a high level of certainty. That’s just my take on it. Mileage may vary,
I also never got a response via email so I gave up. Plus I think ich will be present in nearly all home aquaria and the best way to deal with it is increase fish's immunity and also mechanical suppression like UV/Ozone is better long term.
