Contamination From Live Shrimp?????
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Goonerman1
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Contamination From Live Shrimp?????
I really want to feed my Puffer some live Ghost Shrimp but have seen on other posts about quarantining them before they are fed to the Puffer. I have no quarantine tank.Do you think it would be too risky(due to possible disease) to just put them straight in with my Puff from the LFS???
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A lot of people advocate the use of a quarantine tank but I don't bother with shrimp ( I sit and wait to be berated for this 
). My LFS stock them in a large tank, well large for shrimps and quarantine them in store for a week. Its up to you really, if the water they are in looks dodgy and you don't trust your LFS then I would quarantine them. However a small tank wont cost a lot and you could probably just use a covered bucket sat on a heat mat instead of forking out for another tank
). My LFS stock them in a large tank, well large for shrimps and quarantine them in store for a week. Its up to you really, if the water they are in looks dodgy and you don't trust your LFS then I would quarantine them. However a small tank wont cost a lot and you could probably just use a covered bucket sat on a heat mat instead of forking out for another tank
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Parasites can pass from shrimp to fish, including ich I believe. Which is why QTing is highly recommended. Personal choice of course but I won't feed anything to my fish that I'm not sure is completely safe.
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Most of the common parasites which infect fish cannot and will not infect crustaceans, and vice versa. Fine, but the water (as already stated earlier) can easily transport infectious agents if there is any cross contamination in the shop (my LFS has Ghost shrimp on one of its central systems) or by shared nets, catch buckets, etc. I QT everything alive, period.
Additionally, I have seen some nasty ecoparasites on feeder shrimp. They may be no hazard to my fish, but I do want them in my system. Part of QT/isolation is observation.So is gut-loading of all live feeder criters - that is non-trivial also. Feeders in pet shops are rarely well nourished. You can correct that with holding and care.
HTH
Additionally, I have seen some nasty ecoparasites on feeder shrimp. They may be no hazard to my fish, but I do want them in my system. Part of QT/isolation is observation.So is gut-loading of all live feeder criters - that is non-trivial also. Feeders in pet shops are rarely well nourished. You can correct that with holding and care.
HTH
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