• Filtration in quarantine. How?

  • Dawn6148

People, please help! There is a need to treat fish for trematodiasis. The treatment will take place in a quarantine tank, using the drug Praziquantel. I don't understand how to organize biofiltration in a quarantine aquarium. The article states that you can either add live rock (but if you take live rock from the display, it might also carry the infection) or a "mature internal filter (but where can I get one).... Does anyone have any thoughts?

Timothy

How to organize biofiltration in a quarantine aquarium where the drug Praziquantel will be used? It won't work because the biofilter will be affected by the medication; everything will die in the treatment tank except for the treatment itself, and there is nothing for therapeutic feeding. However, mechanical filtration is simple: a pump and a sponge, and a hose to remove uneaten food in a timely manner. To prevent contamination in the main aquarium, it should be fish-free for some time. All substances introduced into the reef usually destroy, if not immediately, then gradually, all living things in the reef (ophiuroids, starfish, crustaceans, mollusks, and snails will be the first to go, followed by some invertebrates).

Jonathon8514

It's clear... one problem, today the hipatus was also covered in crypto. Tomorrow evening, I'll put all the fish in quarantine, but what to treat first...

Allison

Wow, where did you catch such an exotic disease?... In 11 years of being a marine enthusiast, I've never encountered it (knock on wood)... You are absolutely right - it's impossible to establish biofiltration in a hospital tank. Therefore, we take a small volume with a bare bottom, a pump with a sponge, a compressor, and change the water daily while siphoning out the leftover food. Naturally, the medication that was siphoned out needs to be replenished. It’s also a good idea to provide hiding places for the fish (halves of clay pots will do), as this reduces their stress and increases the likelihood of a successful outcome.

Cynthia

Your topic is about one thing, everything repeats, and it is said here too...

Michelle5859

What water? I didn't understand the answer to the topic I mentioned above. You need to know the places. For example, I won't take the word of people with a super huge reputation on the forum that the fish is clean.

Alec9378

It's not that hard to understand. Remove the uneaten food, 3-4 liters, top it up with water from the reef, and make sure the reef water is fresh. Alternatively, you can prepare some water and let it sit for a water change in the hospital tank; you can use any water in the hospital tank, as the medication will still work and kill everything.

Debbie3587

Who should we treat now and for what? Everyone for turbelleriosis or hipatus in one quarantine tank and treat for crypto, and the others in the second tank for turbelleriosis? Or should we wait until morning and observe the crypto... oh.. I think I'll wait until morning and then decide. What do you think, guys?

Kimberly4253

I understand this is a stone in my garden. Did the fish arrive to you clean??? And it has been two weeks since it was already in your aquarium, and only then it got covered, for what reason I don't know. Hipatus gets covered in many cases: after transportation, after introducing another fish, you can even stress it out and it will also get covered, but it takes 3-5 days if it's a normal healthy fish and the biology in the aquarium is stable; the crypt itself will pass and you don't need to do anything.

John5528

On the hipatus, there were black spots on the dark part. I don't know if it was an infection or not. I have no experience in identification. I have no complaints against you. These black spots fell off after bathing in fresh water, and the black stripe became smooth. I don't want to investigate where the problem came from, as I am to blame; I should have quarantined everyone, not just the hipatus. I want to try to treat the fish, and your advice would be helpful.

Chad9037

I have never encountered such a disease, and I have never quarantined fish. After the fish arrives, I drip acclimate it and immediately put it in the aquarium; this is the best quarantine for it. In the past 10 years, my hipatus has been covered twice, and its eyes looked like a telescope's, but it always cleared up in 3-5 days. A fish that has lived in the aquarium for about a year will live a long time. I have a long-lived chrysimter that has been in the aquarium for 13 years.

Jason9385

Yes, that's true, but what to do with these tubulars? There are no mentions either here or anywhere else. On foreign sites, as I linked in the first post, there are only information about breeding and treatment.

Jeffrey

Well, in my opinion, I would turn on the UV and do a water change, and wait for the results, because poisoning the fish with chemicals is not good either; one disease will go away, and another will come. Of all the fish, the most fragile is the Helmon, the others will still fight. Try to feed minimally, and preferably not with bloodworms, but with Artemia. As a last resort, find Aptasia for the Helmon if it doesn't want to eat anything.

Lee

I feed both Artemia and moths. Helman eats more moths. The surgeons willingly eat frozen nettle, even Helman grabs it but spits it out. I also give Spirulina, 40% of GBEl. Tomorrow I will add three Lismat shrimp, maybe that will help too.

Carrie1606

Praziquantel (under supervision) for 4 hours according to instructions with intensive flushing bath. And in the quarantine tank, copper preparations not exceeding 0.25 with the addition of a dropwise biopurifier during decay. It is better to maintain 0.2; the test has a primitive color scale. (this is not FEC). Or with delagil. Cryptocaryon can be treated directly in the reef if you know how. For more details, leave your phone number by email.

Melissa3820

Please enlighten us, or is this paid information? As a rule, almost everyone responds from personal experience that it is better not to introduce medicinal products into the reef, as you will lose many corals. Have you personally successfully treated crypt in a marine aquarium, not based on rumors but with facts? P.S. Please do not ignore this.

Adam4310

Naumovich! Well, the labels clearly state: the drug is harmless to invertebrates... So go ahead and sing, how have you not figured this out yet? So what if half the reef dies? At least we'll kill the crypt. That's the main thing...

Alec9378

Thank you for the advice! The crypto is hardly visible. Maybe I scared him when I was catching the zebra... Only the black spots (turbellariasis) on the zebrasoma haven't disappeared, which means the problem could progress. The spots might also be on the hipatus, but it's dark - so they are not visible. I have no idea how to catch this fish (hipa) to transfer everyone to the quarantine tank.

Stephen5841

Experiments with the treatment drug in the reef have been ongoing for 5 years. The drug does not suppress reef animals. Suppliers have used it in their reefs, such as TsA and Tkach. The drug is based on metal colloids. It simultaneously targets bacteria, which is why corals absorb it.

Jessica

What is the name of the medication?

Nancy758

There is no title yet.

Cindy

Maybe there are things I don't know, but in the past year, I haven't heard from sailors about the successful use of medications in M.A. Especially from CA, Tkach, I doubt that they treat reef at home, if there is one at all. As for what happens in production, only they know the truth, which they are unlikely to share. And who would dare to treat fish in their aquarium with over a hundred corals? Who wouldn't be afraid to risk them? Can you take on such responsibility? And the main thing is that they have been treating everything for 5 years, but there is no name for the medication (UFO).

Martin3206

I will describe a case. After two months of treatment, they ask for the medication again. I ask again about the crypt? No. The owner likes how the corals open up when the medication is added. Interested? Ask those who have used it. Upon receiving the last shipment in the central area, the medication was immediately poured into the coral reception tank. Is anyone going to risk the entire shipment of corals?

Lynn4242

at home treats the reef.

Courtney4094

This is what I am trying to find an answer to. Thank you.

Kevin3114

Desalination tanks with FMC.

Brent7831

Freshwater disorients the worms. But they can be in the reef. So the fish need to be removed from the reef. I can't catch them because... see above...

Amy5070

Make or buy a trap like in the Aquamedic catalog.