Treating an engineer goby!

[ReefGuy1234]

I’ve heard engineer gobies are sensitive because They have no scales or something. Would an engineer goby be fine to be treated in a qt tank with Hikari ich x?

 

[MnFish1]

I’ve heard engineer gobies are sensitive because They have no scales or something. Would an engineer goby be fine to be treated in a qt tank with Hikari ich x?

You can try it. Not sure there is a lot of evidence that Malachite green is that helpful.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Hypo may be more effective in this case (but I don’t have any experience with either method). Coppersafe is also better for scaleless fish if I’m correct.

 

[ReefGuy1234]

I got some reef safe meds in the mail so I’m just treating the remaining 3 fish in the display tank with that and the qt one separately.

 

[Sharkbait19]

If they have ich you would be best treating them all in qt and fallowing the dt - only truly effective way of treating ich.

 

[MnFish1]

Reef safe meds - may not be anywhere near as effective as a QT tank. Totally agree with shark bait.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I’ve heard engineer gobies are sensitive because They have no scales or something. Would an engineer goby be fine to be treated in a qt tank with Hikari ich x?

It contains Malachite green and formalin and is safe for scaleless fish, Should be administered in a quarantine tank

 

[ReefGuy1234]

It contains Malachite green and formalin and is safe for scaleless fish, Should be administered in a quarantine tank

Okay thank you so much I will net him out and treat him with the others!

 

[Saltyanimals]

Just finished a 14 day QT in copperpower at 2.5ppm for a pair including metro and prazi. Had zero issues. They ate just fine with everything I put in from reef flakes to TDO. They were about 3.5 inches. FYI for those that are interested in QT'ing.