So my existing fish have been living in two connected temporary tanks for the past 6 months while I set up the new tank. Tomorrow I am picking up 6 new tangs as I want them to be the first into the new 250 gallon tank. The question is whether or not to requarantine the existing fish with the tangs? I am definetly going to be quarantining the yellow tang from the existing tank, but the other fish have already gone through quarantine a year ago. Or at least I am pretty sure they had. To date they're all healthy no ich or any diseases that I'm aware of but not sure if it's better to be safe than sorry. It will be pushing the limit of the quarantine system, and quarantining the leopard and melanurus will be a royal pain. So I am open to arguments for quarantining everyone together, but if they've been healthy for almost 2 years, is it safe to assume they're disease free?
Quarantine existing fish?
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Can you list all existing fish? Odds are they're not carrying any virulent disease, but ich is always a possibility. Knowing the species will clue us in as to whether or not you have any "ich magnets" amongst your existing fish.
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Two ocelaris clowns, a yellow tang, a lineatus wrasse, a exquisitus wrasse, a leopard and a melanurus. I would like to have another leopard, but I'm hoping at 250 gallons I will be able to introduce a second leopard at a later date. I plan to add more fairy and flasher wrasses, but nothing like a acanthurus tang. Thanks!
Very anxious about the tang gang coming through quarantine, but they've been at the store for two weeks now, so crossing my fingers.
Very anxious about the tang gang coming through quarantine, but they've been at the store for two weeks now, so crossing my fingers.
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You say you are pretty sure? Did you QT them or someone else told you they did?
I'd say after a years time they are likely clear of most things. If you ran them through on your own I wouldn't recommend running them through all of the meds again. If you didn't do the QT yourself it may be worth it to be 100% sure you are starting off with a disease free tank.
I'd say after a years time they are likely clear of most things. If you ran them through on your own I wouldn't recommend running them through all of the meds again. If you didn't do the QT yourself it may be worth it to be 100% sure you are starting off with a disease free tank.
All of those are fairly ich resistant, so that is a possibility unless they were properly QTd for such from the beginning.
TTM is the gentlest way to prophylactically treat for ich: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/tank-transfer-method.192655/
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I feel like an unassuming person who accidentally turned on the bat symbol? Great to have you back!
I followed quarantine procedures for latter fish myself, ttm and later I used copper, but I may have skipped it for the first fish, which might have been the yellow tang, but he/she is getting a month in quarantine. The others almost certainly got it.
I followed quarantine procedures for latter fish myself, ttm and later I used copper, but I may have skipped it for the first fish, which might have been the yellow tang, but he/she is getting a month in quarantine. The others almost certainly got it.
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@HotRocks, @4FordFamily and many others did a tremendous job in my absence. (And will continue to do so.) I had to come back before people started to realize I was no longer really needed.
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I feel like an unassuming person who accidentally turned on the bat symbol? Great to have you back!
I followed quarantine procedures for latter fish myself, ttm and later I used copper, but I may have skipped it for the first fish, which might have been the yellow tang, but he/she is getting a month in quarantine. The others almost certainly got it.
If you suspect your yellow tang may a carrier of some parasite...doesn’t that imply all your fish in the same tank are also infected?
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I don't suspect, I've just become better at quarantine over the years. I just don't remember whether I did ttm, prazi, and anything else. But your logic is sound. Either way the tangs are in the 110 and the rest are in the big tank.
