Treating my walmart guppy

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Industrial

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So I caved in and bought a fancy guppy from walmart. To be completely honest, they have the best looking generic fancy guppies around. I haven't seen ick in their tank for a few months so I figured if I get one, this is the best time.

Right now I put him in a 20 gallon rubbermaid tote with a sponge filter and about 16-20 rosys. The temp in my house is 74 so I am guessing the temp in the tote is 72-74. I treated everything with a dose of melafix this morning and I am wondering how long I should wait before putting the new guppy in with my other fish.

I will get some pictures posted too once he is in the community tank.
 
Most of the users here say the quarantine period should be a month long. Some will say 2 weeks. I Think the month option is better. I know if I would of followed the 1 month I wouldnt be in the middle of an ick out break
 
Rosy reds. I think that 20 gallons (filtered) would be enough for about 20 small fish. I don't think I will even go two weeks since I try to keep at least five rosys at a time and I don't want to be adding more and creating a never ending QT cycle lol.

I guess what I was wondering more is, how long does it take the antibiotics to prevent/cure some kind of problem in it's infancy?
 
Why are you treating a fish for something you don't even know he has? That's like giving a child antibiotics "just in case".
A QT period is to MONITOR a fish. To make sure said fish doesn't bring home anything like parasites, gill flukes, worms, ich, or any other number of diseases. A QT isn't so you can bombard the new fish with every available medicine "just in case"

/rant off
 
FastFly67 said:
Why are you treating a fish for something you don't even know he has? That's like giving a child antibiotics "just in case".
A QT period is to MONITOR a fish. To make sure said fish doesn't bring home anything like parasites, gill flukes, worms, ich, or any other number of diseases. A QT isn't so you can bombard the new fish with every available medicine "just in case"

/rant off
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From what I have gathered, melafix isn't harmful to fish at all. It even says on the bottle to use when adding new fish. I have heard of people having good results with feeders if they treat them with melafix to prevent bacterial infections.

What you have said is an extreme exaggeration. The fish is from walmart, half the fish there look like crap. I would never give a fish a potentially harmful medicine just in case. And I must say again, the bottle says that it can be used when adding new fish to a tank as well.

And with feeders, it is completely absurd to have a bunch of QT tanks (or two really large ones) and watch the fish for a month when you go through 10-11 a day.
 
Melafix is just Malealuca (sp.), or tea tree oil in a suspension. It has mild antibacterial properties and is sometimes used for treating fish for minor topical abrasions-- it isn' really what I would call a medicine. It isn't always what I would call "useful" either. The OP is just providing a water treatment for the fish.
 
when i qt i always treat for parasites,.. always,.. i use jungle tabs for the recomended time,.. in adition to a fed through type after,..

as even though it may seem to not have worms, most always do,.. i have never seen any excreated,.. but at least i tried,..

asi don't want anything to be transfered into the main tank,.. also i keep them in qt for a month or more,..
 
To be completely honest, they have the best looking generic fancy guppies around.
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The fish is from walmart, half the fish there look like crap.
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and exactly what are you feeding that requires 10-11 feeders a DAY?
 
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