Gorgi Posted April 7, 2019 Report Share Posted April 7, 2019 How many members quarantine their snails shrimp, crabs 4-6 weeks after purchase? Some of the most inexpensive livestock we purchase. Curious as some lfs stores sell such livestock out of systems that house their fish. Most of these systems have shared filtration. Online ordering you have no clue as to what their systems look like. Cleanliness doesn’t mean there isn’t disease. Diseases and some pest easily could be transferred to main display by clean up crew. I have never had an issue with this, but with my new build something i am considering. You can’t medicate snails shrimp etc so quarantine would have to last long enough to beat the life cycle of ich and other diseases. Plus gives you time to view any pest that may show in the quarantine tank that arrived on the snail shells that may not be visible. Just curious if others quarantine clean up crew? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBugmaster Posted April 7, 2019 Report Share Posted April 7, 2019 I qt anything wet, which includes snails, carbs, and corals. Here is a good thread about it on Reef 2 Reef. See the chart in half way down in post #1 I follow this process. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgi Posted April 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2019 Thanks. I like the article 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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