neupane00

hey.. quick question. finally i learned the important of medication on quarantine tank. now the question is what should i medicate fish with in QT tank before adding to display tank.
i know ppl say dont treat with medication if no sign of disease but i learned some hard lesson that even though my cardinals didnt show ANY sign of disease for 2-3 weeks in separate tank, when i moved them to my 70 gallon Discus tank, discus became sick. apparently they had parasite that they could handle but discus couldnt. i am treating whole 70 gallon with prasite clear and maracyn pls. finally discus getting color back.
okay, so back to the question. in my qt tank what should i treat the fish with before adding to main tank. ? is parasite clear and maracyn plus (or maracyn 2) is enough? that would cover parasite and fungus right?? what about ick? i dont think either parasite clear or maracyn plus cures ick.. should i use yet another thrid medication for ick? can all of those be used at one time? thanks a lot.

Shawnie

Hi neupane00....IMO , if a fish doesnt show signs of sickness or disease, to medicate them is totally unnecessary ....if the qt tank is fully cycled, warm, and filtered, 2-3 weeks is a great time to know if your fish are sick or carrying anything with them.....the the acclimation to the new tank is just as important...you dont want a pH/temp shock to stress them that can cause the illness's you have experienced....

ive read a bunch of your threads prior to this one, and stress from adding the cardinals could have started this all..then with the addition of a bunch of different meds, could have LED up to the rest of their issues...

do you have a reliable test kit that will test all the parimeters yet? of course medicating your fish is your choice, but IMO you will have many more issues by medicating a healthy fish for "just in case" purposes than having a nice healthy qt tank

MizRamzi

+1 Shawnie