newtankman
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Should you quarantine inverts before putting them in your tank? :thinking:
If so, what do you look for?
If so, what do you look for?
Inverts?
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reefreak29
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as far as i know inverts cant get ich ,ive never done that
payton 350
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i believe than can still be a carrier ...just like a piece of live rock or coral.
reefreak29
Active Member
Originally Posted by Sea Slug
Payton's right inverts are carriers
yep they can be a carrier ive just personally never qaurenteened an invert
Payton's right inverts are carriers
yep they can be a carrier ive just personally never qaurenteened an invert
saltn00b
Active Member
how do you figure inverts can be an Ich carrier?
Ich's lifecycle needs a calcerous substance to bury itself and grow during the tomont (?) stage. this is why its important not to have sand or rock in a qt tank, and why it is unlikely but plausible that it could come in on a coral skeleton or rubble it is attached to. As far as i know it cannot do this on an invertebrate exoskeleton. however , it is possible that the next stage of the life cycle, the free swimming phase, could be in the water of an invert you are adding, but that is very unlikely, and almost impossible to be a threat if you follow normal convetions of never adding LFS or shipped water to your system.
as for QTing inverts i dont think it is necessary as they have very few diseases that are known, and cannot cross-infect fish with anything. also if the QT tank had ever had medication in it (IE copper), then it is especially a bad idea.
Ich's lifecycle needs a calcerous substance to bury itself and grow during the tomont (?) stage. this is why its important not to have sand or rock in a qt tank, and why it is unlikely but plausible that it could come in on a coral skeleton or rubble it is attached to. As far as i know it cannot do this on an invertebrate exoskeleton. however , it is possible that the next stage of the life cycle, the free swimming phase, could be in the water of an invert you are adding, but that is very unlikely, and almost impossible to be a threat if you follow normal convetions of never adding LFS or shipped water to your system.
as for QTing inverts i dont think it is necessary as they have very few diseases that are known, and cannot cross-infect fish with anything. also if the QT tank had ever had medication in it (IE copper), then it is especially a bad idea.
reefreak29
Active Member
thats what i thought but i guessit could possibly be in the water from the lfs?
newtankman
Member
Thanks.
How are the fish crabs and starfish from this site? :thinking:
How are the fish crabs and starfish from this site? :thinking:
