Hi everyone,
A question that has been bugging me, I know that fish quarantine is a huge deal and has been discussed thoroughly throughout various forums and sources to having a successful long term tank, but I can't seem to find anything solid related to invertebrates and quarantine procedures for them, one theory that I am pondering why there is so little information on this, is because they have very few parasitic, fungal or disease related ailments or the typical fish stuff doesn't effect them, is this true?
I am throwing this question out there so when I eventually get my Octo, he/she will be alone so no point in quarantining them in a separate tank to the display tank, but what worries me is that if I am using live food and they are carrying anything that could be harmful to the Octo and would thus require some form of quarantine and treatment for the food source. I know that Copper is used heavy in the fish quarantine and treatment and would be a big no no for invertebrates, if there are ailments that affect invertebrates what would be the correct quarantine period and treatment processes for them.
I hope this thread serves well for a first proper post.
Regards
A question that has been bugging me, I know that fish quarantine is a huge deal and has been discussed thoroughly throughout various forums and sources to having a successful long term tank, but I can't seem to find anything solid related to invertebrates and quarantine procedures for them, one theory that I am pondering why there is so little information on this, is because they have very few parasitic, fungal or disease related ailments or the typical fish stuff doesn't effect them, is this true?
I am throwing this question out there so when I eventually get my Octo, he/she will be alone so no point in quarantining them in a separate tank to the display tank, but what worries me is that if I am using live food and they are carrying anything that could be harmful to the Octo and would thus require some form of quarantine and treatment for the food source. I know that Copper is used heavy in the fish quarantine and treatment and would be a big no no for invertebrates, if there are ailments that affect invertebrates what would be the correct quarantine period and treatment processes for them.
I hope this thread serves well for a first proper post.
Regards