Quanrantine or Not

[aquasport24]

Just bought a big Trigger from LFS that someone had traded a couple of days ago. Since it not a newly arrived, but it had been in the LFS water system. Do i still need to quarantine and Copper treatment before place him into the DT ? He's in Quarantine tank now, but no Copper yet.

 

[AcroNem]

I would always advise treatment, but this depends what you are doing with the rest of your system and if you will be treating other fish or if other fish in your system have been.

 

[sharpimage]

Could have had something in the previous owners system. Always qt

 

[Reeffraff]

I used to take the occasional risk back in the day. Got burned badly by disease. Never again. I QT everything!

 

[Bob Weigant]

I QT no matter what

 

[andrewey]

I think AcroNem nailed it. As long as the other fish have been QTd, then QT this fish. If not, I would still QT to reduce the probability of introducing a fish disease into the tank (if it wasn't already present), but I would understand it doesn't stop my "home fish" from infecting this fish with whatever organisms are already present or any future fish from infecting everyone (if not QTd).

 

[Phycodurus]

congrats on the new acquisition. what kind of trigger??

observational (non-medicating) quarantine for several weeks at minimum IMO. if it were my fish, i’d proceed with TTM.

 

[aquasport24]

Thanks all for the quick response. I will starting the Copper treatment in a couple days.

 

[aquasport24]

congrats on the new acquisition. what kind of trigger??

observational (non-medicating) quarantine for several weeks at minimum IMO. if it were my fish, i’d proceed with TTM.

A giant show size Niger triggerfish.

 

[Big G]

Can you source CP instead of copper? Still researching using copper for Triggers. But there have been cases of sensitivity and more troubling, blindness "maybe" caused by treating with copper.

Another Blind Trigger

This actually happens more than you think; a seemingly healthy fish starts to decrease in eating, starts to swim by food and just grab a morsel here or there, starts to hide behind the rocks more, if you pay real close attention you can see him bump into other fish and maybe even rocks and such...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[h2so4hurts]

Always QT, even if you haven't QTd other fish in your tank or you think you have parasites in your tank. It only takes one heavily infested fish to screw everything up, even in a tank where parasites are well managed.