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My guess is that the last owner didn't get it eating before selling it to you and it starved.
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erironmsn
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But we did all we could this am he was still alive and we tried to feed it and no luck so we though parasites and a good friend of mine did a formaldehyde dip on him the back into 10 hallon with some stress coat but no luck
eliramos
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I always ask if they can feed them for me before i make my purchase. They can say they are eating but id rather see it! you wont annoy the lfs and you could save yourself some heartache later on!
Eienna
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He means we've all had that sort of thing happen.
There's a couple things I would like to point out. One, there are safer dips than formaldehyde (Seachem Paraguard comes to mind), and two, for internal parasites you want to use something like prazipro; it is absorbed into the fish's system. Use this only in quarantine, as it is not reef-safe.
There's a couple things I would like to point out. One, there are safer dips than formaldehyde (Seachem Paraguard comes to mind), and two, for internal parasites you want to use something like prazipro; it is absorbed into the fish's system. Use this only in quarantine, as it is not reef-safe.
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Eienna
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Good choice
30 days minimum. Some people will say less but it takes some diseases that long to show up. Also, it gives the fish a chance to relax, chow down, and get strong before having to compete with the other fish.
Do mind your QT parameters (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, salinity and temperature at the very least). You can keep a sponge in the sump to seed it with nitrifiers and then drop that in your QT to protect your fish. Do not return it to the display until it has been sterilized, and give it about a month between fish to reseed. You might want to keep a second in the sump as well in case you have to use a med in the QT that wipes out the nitrifiers. Give the fish places to hide and keep a thermometer in there - don't make the mistake I did (the heater got its settings changed to 66F by accident and chilled my poor fish to death because I wasn't checking temp.)
Best of luck going forward and I'm glad you're going to QT now; once you get a disease in your DT it's very difficult to get it back out in many cases.
