Fish net

Description

A fish net is the piece of equipment most likely to be shared between tanks, which is exactly what the veterinary guidance says not to do. The Merck Veterinary Manual's biosecurity advice for aquarium fish is specific about it: quarantined animals should have their own designated equipment, nets, buckets, siphons and the rest, and be kept separate from other animals, and during the quarantine period separate nets and siphon hoses should be used exclusively for the quarantine tank. The rest of the routine is built around the same idea, that equipment carries pathogens between populations as readily as water does. Disinfectant should be used on equipment and in footbaths at entry points to the quarantine area. Quarantined animals should be handled only when contact with all other animals is finished for the day, which puts the net that touched the quarantine tank last in the day's order rather than first. Once fish have cleared quarantine, the tank and equipment should be disinfected and stored dry until needed again, so a net has a resting state as well as a working one. Merck sets the quarantine itself at a 30 day period as the minimum time, with longer periods sometimes necessary, which is how long a second net has to stay a second net. No source consulted here publishes a mesh size, a hoop dimension or a handle length, and this page gives none.

Source

• merckvetmanual.com — https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/aquarium-fish/management-of-aquarium-fish

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