How to Quarantine a YHJ?

jlschweda1971 · 01/08/2013, 05:34 PM

Hopefully, tomorrow I will be picking up a yellow headed jawfish. I'm just wondering how I would quarantine the fish since my QT is bare bottom and the jawfish likes to burrow.

All help is appreciated!

bnumair · 01/08/2013, 05:59 PM

place it in QT and place a bowl of silica sand in the QT for it.
1"-2" deep is good enough.
Reason for not to use live sand, live rock, or any carbonate-based decorations is when you medicate with copper and/or other meds, this material interferes with the proper dosage. Also, if using copper, the life will die in the sand and the rock and cause a spike of ammonia and nitrite. For a sick fish, this can be near instant death. Silica sand doesn't cause any problems noted above.

01/08/2013, 05:34 PM	#1
jlschweda1971 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 75	How to Quarantine a YHJ? Hopefully, tomorrow I will be picking up a yellow headed jawfish. I'm just wondering how I would quarantine the fish since my QT is bare bottom and the jawfish likes to burrow. All help is appreciated!

01/08/2013, 05:59 PM	#2
bnumair Dr. Reef at ur service Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tulsa, Ok, USA Posts: 7,751 Blog Entries: 15	place it in QT and place a bowl of silica sand in the QT for it. 1"-2" deep is good enough. Reason for not to use live sand, live rock, or any carbonate-based decorations is when you medicate with copper and/or other meds, this material interferes with the proper dosage. Also, if using copper, the life will die in the sand and the rock and cause a spike of ammonia and nitrite. For a sick fish, this can be near instant death. Silica sand doesn't cause any problems noted above. __________________ Water Quality: NO3 0,Phos 0,Cal 440,Alk 7.5,Mag 1300 "Reef Fast, You Crash, Reef Slow, You Pass" Mike's Reef 3:16 Current Tank Info: 350g DT,95g sump, 50g Frag tank, 4800gph return 4x Sea swirls. 6x AI Vega Color. 200# Pukani rock, dual recirculating skimmer, Biopellet, GFO Carbon rx's, Cal rx. Closed loop. 1.5hp chiller, genesis renew. Apex & RKE Last edited by bnumair; 01/08/2013 at 06:13 PM.