How to Quarantine Mandarin Psycodelic

[lorin]

I am purchasing a mandarin psycodelic today from swf.com. I have a 2-year-old reef that is 72 gal. The tank has 140# LR. Are there any special needs this fish will need in QT tank? The QT tank is 10 gal, basic set-up. If diseases show up, hypo OK? Any help with quarantine would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Lorin

 

[beth]

Becauase of this fish's special diet of pods, it will be difficult to maintain him in a QT. On the bright side, this fish also has a natural immunity to ich.
That doesn't mean that they absolutely will not get ich, but likely he won't. I would try to maintain the fish in a QT for 10 days. If he is eating, then great, then, if not....he'll need to go into the tank.