How long do you treat pea puffers for before introducing them to a tank?

[Lauren_Mele]

Hi there! I am looking into getting three pea puffers for my planted 20 gallon tank and was watching some aquarium co-op videos and reading and researching to be well informed before purchasing them. In one of Aquarium co-ops videos he mentioned that most pea puffers are wild caught and should be treated with a trio of medication once you get them. My questions are as follows:

1. what three medications do you use?
2. do you keep the pea puffers in a  separate tank when treating them if they are in a planted tank or other healthy inhabitant ?
3. if they are to be held in a separate tank can they be kept together or must they be kept separately ?
4. how big should the holding tank be?
5. and finally, for how long should they be on the medication before introducing them into the new tank?

 

Thank you in advance!!!

[FrozenFins]

35 minutes ago, Lauren_Mele said:

Hi there! I am looking into getting three pea puffers for my planted 20 gallon tank and was watching some aquarium co-op videos and reading and researching to be well informed before purchasing them. In one of Aquarium co-ops videos he mentioned that most pea puffers are wild caught and should be treated with a trio of medication once you get them. My questions are as follows:

1. what three medications do you use?
2. do you keep the pea puffers in a  separate tank when treating them if they are in a planted tank or other healthy inhabitant ?
3. if they are to be held in a separate tank can they be kept together or must they be kept separately ?
4. how big should the holding tank be?
5. and finally, for how long should they be on the medication before introducing them into the new tank?

 

Thank you in advance!!!

I beleive the treo he us talking about is the following: API General Cure, API Eurothromycin, Ich X. But most importantly API General Cure

Depending on how many pea puffers you plan on getting you could probably do 3 in 10 Gallons with lots of hiding spots. Yes they can be kept together during treatment. Yes put them in a seperate tank with no other fish, this is called a quarintine tank.

I don't know how long to treat them I'm assuming a week of treating and then continue to quarintine for the next 5 weeks after that week with no treatment (6 weeks total) to make sure you treated all of it.

Week 1: Deworming with API General Cure

Week 2-6: Quarintine and Keep an eye on the puffers

Heres a video cory made that will probably help you more 

 

Edited November 17, 2020 by James Black

[Alesha]

There are actually some updated meds & instructions for quarantining your new fish.

This is the med trio: https://www.aquariumcoop.com/collections/fish-medicine/products/quarantine-meds-trio

And a more in-depth video here:
https://youtu.be/LrRhfOYfXns

I hope that helps! If you have more questions, please feel free to ask them! 😁