Quarantine cleanup crabs?

quickspit

quickspit

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Is it recommended to quarantine cleanup crabs? I just ordered some blue leg hermit crabs from reefcleaners.org
 
lmforbis

lmforbis

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I order from reef cleaners. They claim their cleaners are kept in fish free systems. I took the risk of not QTing mine and had no issues. It is a risk but I felt it was a minimal risk.
 
beth

beth

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Staff member
jay0705 said:
They don't seem as strict about that lately
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"They"?? Don't you mean "us"? LOL The preference is not to link to other stores here, especially if it's for the purpose of showing someone where to buy something.
 
quickspit

quickspit

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I posted the site as I had seen the site posted somewhere in another thread. Sorry I will keep that in check going forward. I mentioned it as a ref. if someone else had used them before.

Thanks for the info all!
 
beth

beth

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Staff member
lmforbis said:
I order from reef cleaners. They claim their cleaners are kept in fish free systems. I took the risk of not QTing mine and had no issues. It is a risk but I felt it was a minimal risk.
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Yep, good idea to ask if that is the case, and that would include separate filtration systems, and equipment such as nets used to transfer live animals. My bet is, most stores don't do all of that. But the risk is far lower than transmission through fish.
 
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