Scooter blenny ,Help Please!

Pagerone · Jun 15, 2016

Just got a scooter blenny I heard they can't get ick so should I put him in the QT tank or the main display or should I still QT him he is in The QT now , if anyone can help

Reefahholic · Jun 15, 2016

Some fish are less likely to get Ich or have a break-out, but I do think it's possible for most fish (if not all) to be carriers. I would QT "ALL" fish, inverts, corals, rocks, etc...as they all can bring something in. Not just Ich either. That blenny may have velvet right now!

Maybe Humblefish can give his input.

Humblefish · Jun 15, 2016

QT all fish if you wish to keep ich & other diseases out of your DT. There are no disease-free species; only disease resistant.

Reefahholic · Jun 15, 2016

I have a Dwarf Lion fish that I'm sure has ICH or Velvet as he was in the same tank with both. Yet he shows no signs. He's brown so I'm not sure how well I'd see them anyway. I bet he's harboring a few flagellated dinospores in his gill tissue though.

Either way...he Won't touch my DT until I deal with him. He's not in critical condition like my others were so he's last on my list.

Pagerone · Jun 16, 2016

Reefahholic said:
Some fish are less likely to get Ich or have a break-out, but I do think it's possible for most fish (if not all) to be carriers. I would QT "ALL" fish, inverts, corals, rocks, etc...as they all can bring something in. Not just Ich either. That blenny may have velvet right now!

Maybe Humblefish can give his input.

What should I look for he eats good should I still treat the tank or just watch to see what happens and how long should the QT be for ?

Pagerone · Jun 16, 2016

Thanks all of you for helping if you can how long should I QT , and what to look for

Humblefish · Jun 16, 2016

Pagerone said:
Thanks all of you for helping if you can how long should I QT , and what to look for

I would QT for one month minimum. TTM would be ideal for a little guy like a scooter blenny: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/tank-transfer-method.192655/

You could just use a couple of 5 gal buckets to do it with a fish so small.

meir · Oct 22, 2016

QTing any fish of the mandarin and dragonet species will most likely kill it from starvation

saltyfilmfolks · Oct 22, 2016

meir said:
QTing any fish of the mandarin and dragonet species will most likely kill it from starvation

Scooters are Much easier to condition and get eating. Actually I would always reccomend these over a mandarin to most. Actually good practice for one.
But yes it's a different QT regimine IMO IME
I would cycle the tank very very very well.
Add some pod soaked Chato porcelain filter media sponge whatever place the bugs can hide and observe. Get some life in the tank. Start the small frozen foods asap and see if they eat. With luck they do and you should consider an internal parasite treatment.
If it's a comfy QT I bet it eats in a week. Two and you know it's gonna be a while.
I've only had one scooter not get actually excited to eat in that time and that's the one I have now. Lil bugger. Still doesn't. Fat though. Always has been.

Food is def a major concern with these in QT. And I think that food conditioning
Is the priority and you can just clean the QT tank a bit and make it a hospital for meds. As some meds kill the bugs.