Quarantine a cleaner shrimp? necessary?

[visoredge]

Hello,

Is there a need to QT cleaner shrimp, the same that is done with other inverts, fish?
Thanks

 

[Anonymous]

Not really no. It's possible for pathogens to be transmitted, but the likeyhood is so small that we don't bother. Unlike fish where NOT quarantining is just stupid.

Jim

 

[Len]

FWIW, I've never QTed a crustacean

 

[Anonymous]

Oh God, alright, confession time. I've qt'd many crustaceans. Never had one "go bad" on me in QT, either, call it compulsion. I have to do it that way!

 

[ReeferAl]

1 reason I have heard for QT'ing EVERYTHING is the (very remote) possibility that a pathogen could be brought in on the shell of a crustacean or snail for example. Most parasites have a phase in their life cycle where they are attached to something solid. That period usually is fairly short and would be interrupted by even a short QT. Because of this I have recently started QT'ing everything with 1 week for low risk animals like shrimp.
Allen