Remove Blenny from QT?

HarrisonMG · 06/20/2018, 05:22 PM

I have a midas blenny and a firefish goby in QT, but the goby has tail rot. I've been medicating the reccomended dosage of melafix, but should I put the blenny in the DT? the QT period for him is finished. I can try to get a pic of the firefish but he hides 24/7
Thanks!

HarrisonMG · 06/20/2018, 08:49 PM

This is the best pic I could get. I know it must be fin rot, since the little guy is always in hiding behind my internal skimmer, out of reach.
The only other fish it the blenny who is big, and he sits in his rock all day. Not aggressive either, so wouldn't have done this to him. My only question is that everything I've seen so far about din rot is that it should have a white outline or something where the tissue is degrading. There is none of that. I have been dosing malefix for a few days though and I hope its been helping.

Silly clownfish · 06/21/2018, 09:25 AM

I would not move any fish from a tank that contains a diseased fish to the DT. My understanding is fin rot can be a bacterial or fungal infection, either way you don’t want to introduce it to your DT. That would defeat the point of the quarantine.

Either move the Benny to a separate QT which may not be possible, but if you did TTm, you could use that other tank, or keep both fish in QT until the fire fish is healthy, dividing the tank if necessary to prevent any hostilities.

Best of luck.

Kim

HarrisonMG · 06/21/2018, 09:29 AM

Thanks for the advice. I guess my logic is that the firefish was in QT for over a month before he got the infection, which I've heard spreads rapidly. So it would only make sense that he got the disease because that fish has a weakened immune system, right?

And therefore if I don't want the blenny to get sick because of some factor in the QT, then I could put into the DT. But yeah that's a risk in the case that the cause is not because the firefish has a weakened immune system. 🤷*♂️

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06/20/2018, 05:22 PM	#1
HarrisonMG Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Connecticut Posts: 192	Remove Blenny from QT? I have a midas blenny and a firefish goby in QT, but the goby has tail rot. I've been medicating the reccomended dosage of melafix, but should I put the blenny in the DT? the QT period for him is finished. I can try to get a pic of the firefish but he hides 24/7 Thanks!

06/21/2018, 09:25 AM	#3
Silly clownfish Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Posts: 488	I would not move any fish from a tank that contains a diseased fish to the DT. My understanding is fin rot can be a bacterial or fungal infection, either way you don’t want to introduce it to your DT. That would defeat the point of the quarantine. Either move the Benny to a separate QT which may not be possible, but if you did TTm, you could use that other tank, or keep both fish in QT until the fire fish is healthy, dividing the tank if necessary to prevent any hostilities. Best of luck. Kim __________________ 75g mixed reef, 20g sump, ocelaris clownfish (20+yrs old), flame hawk, one spot foxface rabbitfish, green mandarin, Bicolor Blenny, Coral Beauty;30g sumpless with Spotcinctus pair with RBTA Current Tank Info: 75g mixed reef, 20g sump, ocelaris clownfish (20+yrs old), flame hawk, one spot foxface rabbitfish, green mandarin, Bicolor Blenny, Coral Beauty;30g sumpless with Spotcinctus pair

06/21/2018, 09:29 AM	#4
HarrisonMG Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Connecticut Posts: 192	Thanks for the advice. I guess my logic is that the firefish was in QT for over a month before he got the infection, which I've heard spreads rapidly. So it would only make sense that he got the disease because that fish has a weakened immune system, right? And therefore if I don't want the blenny to get sick because of some factor in the QT, then I could put into the DT. But yeah that's a risk in the case that the cause is not because the firefish has a weakened immune system. 🤷*♂️ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk