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    Buying Quarantined fish from Bay bridge

    Glad to hear that! It can take months to cure if it's in the tank already, and in the "tomont" stage. That's like an egg/cyst. That doesn't stay on the fish. Keeping the water warmer speeds up the life cycle tremendously, too. When I QT a fish, it goes into a sterilized, bleached, clean tank...
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    Buying Quarantined fish from Bay bridge

    Wish I could get more flame wrasses in, but no more Hawaii :( But the Hooded Flame Wrasses are pretty awesome and regularly available now.
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    Buying Quarantined fish from Bay bridge

    This is the best way! Starting with a fish already having a low likelihood of disease and in good health, and then repeating a treatment and/or isolation process provides one additional layer of risk reduction and opportunity to break the life cycle of pathogens.
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    Buying Quarantined fish from Bay bridge

    Hi everyone, For clarification: Yes, the QT that we do always includes drug treatment unconditionally on every single fish. Some people might choose to isolate only, and that is still a quarantine without treatment, and it still has its benefits; but generally in the industry "quarantined...
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    Drreefsquarantinedfish.com

    Just to let everyone here know if not aware, my shop (Bay Bridge Aquarium in Oakland), i also a BAR sponsor, and we also do super personalized special order 30 day QT on any fish orderable. Since we moved shops some months ago, we have built up a brand new setup from the ground up with a new...
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    Buying Quarantined fish from Bay bridge

    @bfirecat there shouldn't be any contamination, but that doesn't mean it can't happen, it's still a fish shop and hands can forget to be washed But there's every effort taken to avoid that. The quarantine room is on the separated and on the far opposite side of the building (Maybe 80ft away?)...
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    Buying Quarantined fish from Bay bridge

    Hi Edgar I am sorry that happened and troubling to hear. When did that happen and what fish was this?
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    Support our Sponsors - Check this out! Bay Bridge Aquarium.

    Hawaii has changed a lot with its fisheries export and strict new rules, as has the cost of pretty much everything. It's a difficult fish to catch since it's very deep, and takes a lot of the divers’ time with decompression stops. Shipping goes up every every year, too, unfortunately. To keep...
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    Support our Sponsors - Check this out! Bay Bridge Aquarium.

    I'll definitely get that to you. Actually the quickest for photos is to message us on Facebook Messenger, www.facebook.com/baybridgeaquarium -- Send Message - as it goes a lot faster than SMS photos and we can send you 50 at a time rapidly.
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