How do you handle sickness?

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Sep 9, 2021 OP

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Since I fed like everyone has different setups, how do you handle the curing and treating of the tank/species? Do you take them out and treat in a separate tank, or do you treat the whole tank dependent on what is it and how contagious it is?

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Sep 27, 2021

Depends on what it is. But mostly shove any illness into their QT tank. That’s why I have 2 of them setup and ready to go whenever.

Sep 30, 2021

It depends on how contagious it is, but this is an area where I am still learning.

Jan 9, 2022

I think it depends on the illness - if it’s something that affects the whole tank (ex; ich/velvet) I’d treat the whole tank. If it’s something that is specific to that fish (ex; fin rot, head in the hole disease) I’d just take that species out and treat them.

Jan 20, 2022

Avery's advice makes sense to me. Just go based on context.

Mar 14, 2022

I ask my vet how it’s to be cured.

Aug 5, 2022

When I noticed something with one fish, I completely switch out the water and put the sick/ill-looking fish in quarantine. This way, it keeps it from spreading as easy while I figure out what is happening.

Dec 18, 2022

If only a particular fish is infected then it can be handled or treated better than when the whole tank gets infected.

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