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Old 09-01-2012, 10:00 PM
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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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possibly that re-netting the fish can double the risk of entangling its spines,which would double the risk of stabbing yourself untangling the spines
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Old 09-02-2012, 12:16 AM
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possibly that re-netting the fish can double the risk of entangling its spines,which would double the risk of stabbing yourself untangling the spines
That was one thing that came to mind for me. I've been scouring wetwebmedia, and just found this:

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Almost all Siganids are better freshwater pH-adjusted dipped/bathed and placed... quarantining them (by and large) is more of a source of mortality and induced disease than it's "worth". Agreed, it does "fly in the face" of the general rule.
There definately seems to be something that I'm missing here: with regards to the risks of QTing these fish.
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Any fish can be a vector for disease. That in and of itself is more than enough to warrant quarantine of any fish imo.
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I've quarantined a foxface before, it survived and so did I
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My One Spot gave me no grief during netting

When Smudge came home, I used one net and a reef glove to transfer him into the QT as he was freakin' out a bit

When the observation period was over, I used 2 nets to get him into a small bucket for the DT transfer, and covered the bucket with a towel while dripping. This made him very docile
I used only one net to transfer him to the DT as he was very sedate by then
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