{"title":"Lightly Medicated Livestock","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe honest middle rung. The same animals as our non-quarantined listings, held briefly in our systems and given one light course for \u003cstrong\u003eich and internal\/external worms\u003c\/strong\u003e, then observed eating before they go home. A light course knocks the parasite load down — it does not guarantee full removal, and only the full 40–90 day \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/quarantine-program\"\u003eQuarantine Program\u003c\/a\u003e does. We condition every medicated fish back onto prepared food on our own systems, so it is eating before it leaves, and in practice it is rare for a lightly medicated fish to ship out and arrive sick. Get yours eating in your own aquarium too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen it ships.\u003c\/strong\u003e The treatment course runs 3–5 days for freshwater and 5–7 days for saltwater, and the animal does not leave until it is eating. If we do not already have it in-house we source it first — allow up to two weeks for it to reach us before that clock starts. From the day you order, plan on roughly two and a half to three weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe live guarantee.\u003c\/strong\u003e 24 hours on shipped orders, or 7 days on in-store pickup with a water sample we test before the animal goes home.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"lm-scarlet-hawkfish-neocirrhites-armatus","title":"Lightly Medicated | Scarlet Hawkfish (Neocirrhites armatus)","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWhat “Lightly Medicated” means\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is the same animal as our non-quarantined listing, held briefly in our systems and given one short prophylactic course — a light treatment for ich and for internal and external worms — then observed eating in front of us before it goes home.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA light course knocks the parasite load down. It does not guarantee full removal, and we will not pretend otherwise.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ich is only killed in its free-swimming stage, and a short treatment window can miss cysts entirely; worm burdens can survive a single dose. Clearing an animal takes the full quarantine window — 40 to 90 days depending on the species — which is exactly what the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/quarantine-program\"\u003eQuarantined listing\u003c\/a\u003e is for. This tier buys you a lower parasite load and a fish we have watched eat, not a cleared animal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe condition the fish on our end.\u003c\/strong\u003e Every animal we medicate is brought back onto prepared food on our own systems and is eating before it leaves — in practice it is rare for a lightly medicated fish to ship out and arrive sick. Do the same at your end: get it eating in your aquarium before you count it settled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhen it ships\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlan on \u003cstrong\u003e5–7 days\u003c\/strong\u003e on our systems for the treatment course, and it does not leave until it is eating. \u003cstrong\u003eIf the animal is not already in our systems we source it first — allow up to two weeks for it to reach us before that clock starts.\u003c\/strong\u003e From the day you order, plan on roughly three weeks in total.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe guarantees\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShipped orders:\u003c\/strong\u003e 24-hour live guarantee from confirmed delivery.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIn-store pickup:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7-day live guarantee — bring a water sample from your aquarium so we can test it before your livestock goes home with you.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWant the full program — treated, observed, confirmed eating, and covered for 28 days on pickup? That is the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/quarantine-program\"\u003eQuarantined listing\u003c\/a\u003e. Run your own quarantine and just want the fish this week? The \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/non-quarantined-livestock\"\u003enon-quarantined listing\u003c\/a\u003e is cheaper still. The whole ladder is explained in \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/quarantined-vs-non-quarantined\"\u003eQuarantined vs Non-Quarantined\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHawkfish don’t have a swim bladder, which sounds like a design flaw until you realize what they do with that limitation: instead of swimming freely through the water column, they perch — using their thickened lower pectoral fin rays almost like tiny legs to prop themselves on a rock or coral branch and watch for food to drift by. \u003cem\u003eNeocirrhites armatus\u003c\/em\u003e, the Scarlet Hawkfish, is easily one of the most vividly colored small fish in the trade, and it spends most of its day doing exactly that from a perch in the rockwork, darting out for a meal and returning to the same spot. The behavior is equal parts endearing and effective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s reef safe with corals and generally peaceful toward fish, though it will treat small ornamental shrimp — peppermints, sexy shrimp, cleaner shrimp juveniles — as a snack given the chance. Its native habitat runs across the Hawaiian Islands and the broader tropical Pacific, typically in areas with substantial coral cover and moderate-to-strong current where it can perch in the flow and ambush whatever gets pushed past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHardy once established, and one of the more forgiving small reef fish for someone stepping into saltwater for the first time. 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It does not guarantee full removal, and we will not pretend otherwise.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ich is only killed in its free-swimming stage, and a short treatment window can miss cysts entirely; worm burdens can survive a single dose. Clearing an animal takes the full quarantine window — 40 to 90 days depending on the species — which is exactly what the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/quarantine-program\"\u003eQuarantined listing\u003c\/a\u003e is for. This tier buys you a lower parasite load and a fish we have watched eat, not a cleared animal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe condition the fish on our end.\u003c\/strong\u003e Every animal we medicate is brought back onto prepared food on our own systems and is eating before it leaves — in practice it is rare for a lightly medicated fish to ship out and arrive sick. Do the same at your end: get it eating in your aquarium before you count it settled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhen it ships\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlan on \u003cstrong\u003e5–7 days\u003c\/strong\u003e on our systems for the treatment course, and it does not leave until it is eating. \u003cstrong\u003eIf the animal is not already in our systems we source it first — allow up to two weeks for it to reach us before that clock starts.\u003c\/strong\u003e From the day you order, plan on roughly three weeks in total.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe guarantees\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShipped orders:\u003c\/strong\u003e 24-hour live guarantee from confirmed delivery.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIn-store pickup:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7-day live guarantee — bring a water sample from your aquarium so we can test it before your livestock goes home with you.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWant the full program — treated, observed, confirmed eating, and covered for 28 days on pickup? 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