Quarantine meds and plants

[Pepere]

Is it best practices to not have plants in a tank when dosing quarantine meds?

when I initially have new fish they are placed in a tank with silk plants for some cover, and the water has 3 tablespoons aquarium salt to 10 gallons of water and Dosed with stress coat and I let them sit for 5 days in that with twice daily feeding to recover from shipping. If any sign of disease I start treating sooner, but if none it is salt and stresscoat and feeding for 5 days.  
 

Then I stop feeding and dose with med trio and fast for 4 days and a light feeding every other day until week is over and a 30% water change and place a box filter with activated carbon.  More often than not I find the beneficial bacteria  has taken a serious hit once I start feeding again, so will do another few 30% water changes to deal with ammonia nitrites and also helpful to reduce salt content.  
 

At end of second week I figure salt levels are down significantly from water changes and will then replace box filter with well cycled media.

 

I then add floating plants which the fish always seem to really enjoy.

 

2 weeks later, I re dose with Paracleanse to eliminate any parasites that might have hatched.

 

I have been removing the floating plants thinking perhaps they might act as a filter, but I am wonderingif this is at all necessary.  I would prefer to leave them in for the fish.

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 11/5/2022 at 2:36 PM, Pepere said:

Is it best practices to not have plants in a tank when dosing quarantine meds?

when I initially have new fish they are placed in a tank with silk plants for some cover, and the water has 3 tablespoons aquarium salt to 10 gallons of water and Dosed with stress coat and I let them sit for 5 days in that with twice daily feeding to recover from shipping. If any sign of disease I start treating sooner, but if none it is salt and stresscoat and feeding for 5 days.  
 

Then I stop feeding and dose with med trio and fast for 4 days and a light feeding every other day until week is over and a 30% water change and place a box filter with activated carbon.  More often than not I find the beneficial bacteria  has taken a serious hit once I start feeding again, so will do another few 30% water changes to deal with ammonia nitrites and also helpful to reduce salt content.  
 

At end of second week I figure salt levels are down significantly from water changes and will then replace box filter with well cycled media.

 

I then add floating plants which the fish always seem to really enjoy.

 

2 weeks later, I re dose with Paracleanse to eliminate any parasites that might have hatched.

 

I have been removing the floating plants thinking perhaps they might act as a filter, but I am wonderingif this is at all necessary.  I would prefer to leave them in for the fish.

I try my best not to have any plants apart from replaceable floaters (duckweed 😡) and to give the fish some old decorations/plant pots as cover.

[Pepere]

Yes, but my question is more regarding will the presence of floating plants affect the efficacy of medications?  Will it reduce it?

[TheSwissAquarist]

On 11/5/2022 at 3:27 PM, Pepere said:

Yes, but my question is more regarding will the presence of floating plants affect the efficacy of medications?  Will it reduce it?

I've never noticed that at all in my experience using meds, so I think its safe!