Quarantine Medications ???

[aquakj]

Hey Guys, I just want to know when keeping fish in QT for general practice in order to avoid disease in the Display, what medications should I use during this process? Is there a general medication that I can use or what are good methods to practice? Thank You!

 

[lapin]

General Cure is one Prazi Pro is another

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

My basic quarantine is 30 days copper, followed by 3x prazipro, 1 week apart, then 2 weeks observation. Rushing things can be an issue. I should add that I use dedicated quarantine tanks of ample size for the fish.
Jay

 

[WRB]

Prozi Pro and Formalin.
Fish only!

 

[NJC123]

My basic quarantine is 30 days copper, followed by 3x prazipro, 1 week apart, then 2 weeks observation. Rushing things can be an issue. I should add that I use dedicated quarantine tanks of ample size for the fish.
Jay

What's your thereputic level of copper? I use Copper safe. And also what do you mean 3x prazi pro?

Thanks

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

What's your thereputic level of copper? I use Copper safe. And also what do you mean 3x prazi pro?

Thanks

I use coppersafe as the dosage is listed on the bottle, for the actual volume of the water in the tank. I test using an API kit and a spectrophotometer, so the numbers won’t equate for you.

3x prazi is: a 2ppm dose, wait 7 days, redose, and then redose again at 14 days. I use bulk prazi, you may need to do 25% water changes if you are using prazipro (due to the solvent it uses).
Jay

 

[NJC123]

I use coppersafe as the dosage is listed on the bottle, for the actual volume of the water in the tank. I test using an API kit and a spectrophotometer, so the numbers won’t equate for you.

3x prazi is: a 2ppm dose, wait 7 days, redose, and then redose again at 14 days. I use bulk prazi, you may need to do 25% water changes if you are using prazipro (due to the solvent it uses).
Jay

Why Prazi over General cure (in the water column)?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Why Prazi over General cure (in the water column)?

General Cure has metronidazole in it, and although I've used that in the past, I prefer to rely on copper for anti-protozoal work. Also, I sometimes run prazi as high as 4 mg/l, and with GC, I'm stuck with the ratio they supply it in, else I might OD on the metro.

Jay