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Agreed. This includes having separate nets and syphons, etc., to prevent cross contamination.Quarantine is great to eradicate the possible fish disease but it’s important to note you have to take the proper steps and measures to ensure it’s done correctly, otherwise your wasting your time.
There is no doubt that fish may die in the medicated quarantine tank, which can be stressful for fish. But how can you be sure the fish died from the Copper Power specifically, and wasn't otherwise doomed either way? Copper Power is one of the safer copper medications we have available.Quarantine runs the risk of killing the fish, I’ve lost so many fish to copper power , but with that number I’ve had double amount make it out.
This link has a chart that lists common fishes and if they are susceptible to copper medications:
https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/fish-and-treatment-guidelines-with-chart.191/
Preaching to the choir here! I'm going this route currently, and it is indeed a lot of work, but so far I feel it's worth it, and I'm enjoying it.Consider if going this route that you plan on running a quarantine for EVERY single thing in the future. Clean up crew? Quarantine . Fish? Quarantine. Coral? Quarantine. Live rock? Quarantine. It’s a lot of work , from someone who’s done it multiple times.
Some fish are for sure more susceptible to Ich than others, but there are lots of variables to consider. Did these aquarist QT all animals, or just fish? If the answer is just fish, then corals and other inverts can introduce latent fish parasites in the tank. Then you QT your new Tang only to add it to the display, the fish gets stressed by the transfer, and latent parasites in the tank now show themselves. So I don't know if you can conclude that some fish are going to get Ich no matter what, or that quarantining doesn't work for all fish. How you execute a QT protocol has a lot to do with it, I believe. That's why I'm trying my best to QT absolutely everything "wet" I plan on putting in the tank. And yes, that's a pain in the butt for sure!Some may argue that a successful quarantine was completed. However once adding a fish susceptible to ich like a blue hippo , powder brown tang, they get ich no matter what. That is something you’ll have to see when you get there.
Just my $0.02.