managing temp, up or down, in QT

[salty joe]

I've not seen temp addressed for QT.

Could it be useful to run a QT on the warm side to speed the life cycle of parasites up, possibly making Prazi or other medications more effective?

Could it be helpful to ever run the QT on the cool side?

 

[TheEngineer]

I don't know the exact answer to your question, but temperature does affect the life cycle. Here's a calculator that determines when to dose Prazi based on salinity and temp: http://marineparasites.com/paratreatmentcal.html

 

[HotRocks]

IMO it's better to run QT temp on the low end. Oxygenation of the water is higher at lower temps. So high end temp range + meds is going to be harder to achieve proper o2 level. I keep my QTs around 76 degrees.

I don't know if temp one way or the other has much of an impact on parasites, but it doesn't really matter anyway if you are medicating to remove them.

 

[Humblefish]

IMO it's better to run QT temp on the low end. Oxygenation of the water is higher at lower temps. So high end temp range + meds is going to be harder to achieve proper o2 level. I keep my QTs around 76 degrees.

+1 Also, lower temp reduces the metabolic demands on a sick fish, and decreases damage from it's immune response. Basically, it slows everything down (including probably the parasite's lifecycle) which buys you more time to treat.

 

[salty joe]

Thanks guys!