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[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I FINALLY caught all the fish and they are officially in a quarantine tank. Display is left with my coral and inverts. Including a cleaner shrimp. How long should my display be empty? Can I speed this process up at all?

What meds should I treat for the quarantine? I was soaking metroplex with focus and garlic and the food of course.

For a fishless purging of a tank, I advise folks to go 60 days. You might get away with as short as 45 days if the tank temperature is higher than 81, but some corals won’t tolerate that.

Please don’t soak food with metro and focus unless you calculate the dose properly:

Proper Dosing of Medicated Foods

Proper Dosing of Medicated Foods Jay Hemdal c. 2020 Oral medications are an excellent way to target internal diseases of fishes. Marine fish absorb aquarium water, so in certain cases, they “drink” enough medication from the water to effect a cure. However, freshwater fish actively export...

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Jay

 

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For a fishless purging of a tank, I advise folks to go 60 days. You might get away with as short as 45 days if the tank temperature is higher than 81, but some corals won’t tolerate that.

Please don’t soak food with metro and focus unless you calculate the dose properly:

Proper Dosing of Medicated Foods

Proper Dosing of Medicated Foods Jay Hemdal c. 2020 Oral medications are an excellent way to target internal diseases of fishes. Marine fish absorb aquarium water, so in certain cases, they “drink” enough medication from the water to effect a cure. However, freshwater fish actively export...

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Jay

Thank you so much for the advice and info on metro. I really appreciate it. I’ll go 60 days to be safe and quarantine all new fish for now on. Your advice probably saved my fish so thank you!