waterlogged
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How long should you QT inverts such as snails?
QT inverts
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miaheatlvr
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Originally Posted by Waterlogged
How long should you QT inverts such as snails?
I dont quarantine INVERTS, just fish. Just use the slow drip acclimation method.. I dont think inverts can host parasites..
How long should you QT inverts such as snails?
I dont quarantine INVERTS, just fish. Just use the slow drip acclimation method.. I dont think inverts can host parasites..
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calvertbill
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Originally Posted by MiaHeatLvr
I dont quarantine INVERTS, just fish. Just use the slow drip acclimation method.. I dont think inverts can host parasites..
It's not the inverts that could carry the parasite, it's the water. I once had one ICH tank which my housesitter spread to my other tanks with a damp net! I've even got a Derasa clam waiting out the six weeks it takes the parasite go through it's life cycle. I QT sand, rocks, inverts, everything that's wet. As far as how long, you add it up...the life-cycle of the ICH parasite without a fish is:
1.TROPHONT FREE SWIMMING: This is where the parasite has dropped off of the fish and is free swimming within the water looking for a suitable place to attach to so that it can form itself into the Tomont or reproductive stage, which can take up to 18 hours.
2.TOMONT STAGE: This is where the parasite forms a membrane while attached to the substrate and goes into its reproductive mode, this can take from 3 to 28 days depending on the temperature of the water.
3.THERONT STAGE: This is where the newly hatched parasite is free swimming in the water and is looking for a fish to attach to. It only has between 24 to 48 hours to do so or else it will die.
Without a fish being present...the theront is DEAD and the life cycle is broken. If you QT inverts with fish, then you must either use hyposalinity or medication. Without fish the last part of the cycle,
(The TROPHONT STAGE: This is the adult parasite which is attached to a fish and actively feeding and the one that we can visibly see on a fish. This stage lives from 3 to 7 days) can't occur.
Minimum time: 31 days.
I dont quarantine INVERTS, just fish. Just use the slow drip acclimation method.. I dont think inverts can host parasites..
It's not the inverts that could carry the parasite, it's the water. I once had one ICH tank which my housesitter spread to my other tanks with a damp net! I've even got a Derasa clam waiting out the six weeks it takes the parasite go through it's life cycle. I QT sand, rocks, inverts, everything that's wet. As far as how long, you add it up...the life-cycle of the ICH parasite without a fish is:
1.TROPHONT FREE SWIMMING: This is where the parasite has dropped off of the fish and is free swimming within the water looking for a suitable place to attach to so that it can form itself into the Tomont or reproductive stage, which can take up to 18 hours.
2.TOMONT STAGE: This is where the parasite forms a membrane while attached to the substrate and goes into its reproductive mode, this can take from 3 to 28 days depending on the temperature of the water.
3.THERONT STAGE: This is where the newly hatched parasite is free swimming in the water and is looking for a fish to attach to. It only has between 24 to 48 hours to do so or else it will die.
Without a fish being present...the theront is DEAD and the life cycle is broken. If you QT inverts with fish, then you must either use hyposalinity or medication. Without fish the last part of the cycle,
(The TROPHONT STAGE: This is the adult parasite which is attached to a fish and actively feeding and the one that we can visibly see on a fish. This stage lives from 3 to 7 days) can't occur.
Minimum time: 31 days.
miaheatlvr
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I dont worry about that because my LFS and My water change water are all from the same place on the same System within the store... and he uses natural SEA WATER..
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calvertbill
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Originally Posted by MiaHeatLvr
I dont worry about that because my LFS and My water change water are all from the same place on the same System within the store... and he uses natural SEA WATER..
So? Wherever he gets his water if an infected fish comes into the system, even for only an hour, a trophont could fall off the fish and infect the system.
I dont worry about that because my LFS and My water change water are all from the same place on the same System within the store... and he uses natural SEA WATER..
So? Wherever he gets his water if an infected fish comes into the system, even for only an hour, a trophont could fall off the fish and infect the system.
sepulatian
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Originally Posted by MiaHeatLvr
I dont worry about that because my LFS and My water change water are all from the same place on the same System within the store... and he uses natural SEA WATER..
Natural sea water is even worse. Parasites run pampant in the sea. As for inverts, qt them for three weeks. Ich cannot host an invert, therefore once they hatch they have nothing to feed off of.
I dont worry about that because my LFS and My water change water are all from the same place on the same System within the store... and he uses natural SEA WATER..
Natural sea water is even worse. Parasites run pampant in the sea. As for inverts, qt them for three weeks. Ich cannot host an invert, therefore once they hatch they have nothing to feed off of.
waterlogged
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Anyone else have anything to add to this?
turtlegirl933
Member
I do not quarine inverts either. I have never had a prodlem with desesis in inverts.
waterlogged
Member
Since we all have different opinions I decided to email a marine biologist about how long to quarantine inverts. They said ich is a none issue with invertebrates and quarantine invertebrates for 24-48 hours.
