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02-03-2016, 08:11 PM
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With rinsing them... Do you like blast them with a turkey baster? Physically swoosh them through water? Like... Can I scrub their shells with a soft toothbrush?
Ugh. Sorry for the stupid questions. Just want to do the best I can for the long term health of everything without putting the little guys through hell lol 
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02-03-2016, 09:09 PM
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People kill fish in QT for a few reasons:
• QT tank wasn't properly set up. • Fish was not properly attended to (medicated, enticed to feed, provided with proper shelter, etc) • The fish was going to die from having suffered too much transport/holding trauma regardless. None of these are reasons not to QT your fish.
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This and that.
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02-03-2016, 09:40 PM
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I quarantine all fish. Regardless of if it's a $300 one or a $20 one.
I used to quarantine all my CUC as well, but I've asked around a lot and generally it's extremely rare to have an ich cyst transfer on the shell of a CUC. The more dangerous part is the possible transfer of any water from an LFS/hobbyist into your system. For this, I simply make 4 separate (small) containers of display water. One for acclimating, and then the other 3 I just take the Inverts and "rinse" them in the separate containers. With 3 rinses, you can be confident that there's no contaminating water being transferred. Blasting with a baster won't dislodge any [possible] ich cysts. The rinse is more of a preventative of contaminated water transfer. I used to even give snails/things with shells (hermits/conch) and such a light brush with a soft toothbrush in the beginning when I was more paranoid, but in hindsight I don't think that was quite necessary lol. In a perfect world, yes, you should QT everything wet for 72 days, but personally, I've tried it and it's a lot of hassle, at least for me. I find the rinsing to be enough to satisfy me, and if an ich cyst were to transfer then the universe really hates you hahaha.
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