Quarantine Practices

[Craigdillman]

Also what do you think about a mandarin going throughout this process

[asylumdown]

Originally Posted by Craigdillman

Also what do you think about a mandarin going throughout this process

They're tricky, but they're tricky fish in general. I'm 2 for 2 on failures with them now, but the first one I think was beyond the point of no return when I got it, it never ate, or even swam more than was necessary to keep itself in one spot and didn't survive a week, the second one came through the transfer just fine, at least as well as any other fish. I didn't treat the second one with prazipro though as it was suggested that doing so might have prevented the first one from eating. However, the second one ate from day one.

However, it just bit it in my display. I have no idea why. It went from active and feeding one day, to dead the next morning. It was only in the display a few days.

[Craigdillman]

I had a mandrin that lasted over a year till ich/hypo treatment killed it it started in a 30 gallon and moved to the 125 when I upgraded so I will be doing another mandrin again for sure