Fire Shrimp quarantine question?

[joec]

I have a fire shrimp in a fishless QT. He just molted. I can go ahead and put him in the DT at any point now without fear of fish disease transmission, correct?

 

[ReefQueen]

You should be good to go. If there were any tomonts they would have been attached to the molt.

 

[bluprntguy]

I'd wait at least 2 days after you remove the molt from the quarantine aquarium to make sure that you don't have any free swimming theronts in there that might be accidentally transferred to your display tank.

 

[GrumpyDaddy68]

One question here (sorry but I'm new in the hobby); If we wait 2 days here after a shrimp has molted.... wouldn't we be giving a chance to any free swimmer to attach to the shrimp again?

Thanks!

 

[bluprntguy]

One question here (sorry but I'm new in the hobby); If we wait 2 days here after a shrimp has molted.... wouldn't we be giving a chance to any free swimmer to attach to the shrimp again?
Thanks!

Free swimmers can't hatch and then re-attach to a surface. They have to go to a fish next (phase 4 to stage 1 in the image below). If you don't have any fish in the invert quarantine, then it's not possible for them to re-attach. They just perish. I think that's what you are asking.

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

I would transfer right after a molt giving the shrimp a good rinse in clean(perfectly matched) saltwater. This should rinse away any free swimmers or uronema.

 

[GrumpyDaddy68]

Thanks for quick reply guys!!