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Old 09-01-2012, 10:00 PM
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Default Don't QT Rabbitfish?

I was reading this (http://www.wetwebmedia.com/rabbitfi.htm). I generally consider wetwebmedia to be a very good source of information. In the linked article, the recommendation is made to not QT Rabbitfish.

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Introduction/Acclimation

First a note re netting: as with other venomous aquatics, I strongly suggest you utilize two nets to direct these fishes into a stationary underwater container (jar, specimen box, bag), rather than lifting the animal into the air. Do not risk painful envenomation by cradling or placing your hand in harms way, gloved or not. Punctures are painful, immediately, and may require medical inspection.

Once the fish is "home" it is best placed and left alone unfed in an unlighted system for a day. Rabbitfishes are one of my exceptions to the general rule of quarantine; most are clean and ready to go with just a preventative freshwater dip. Put another way, moving them again is not worth the damage that the small potential for disaster warrants from simple introduction to the main/display system.
I really do not understand what is being indicated in the portion of the text that I've bolded. That is one incredibly awkward sentence. Can someone decode it for me?

My Rabbitfish is in my QT, and has been for three days. He is starting to eat like a little piggy (spectrum small fish pellets). He is still a bit more agitated and jumpy than I would like to see, but he is in his non-camo mode 50% of the time when I sneak into the bathroom on him to see how he's doing.
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