Lightly Medicated | Highhat Drum (Pareques acuminatus)

What “Lightly Medicated” meansThis 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.A light course knocks the parasite load down. It does not guarantee full removal, and we will not pretend otherwise. 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 Quarantined listing is for. This tier buys you a lower parasite load and a fish we have watched eat, not a cleared animal.We condition the fish on our end. 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. Plan on 5–7 days before it goes home.The guarantees Shipped — Early AM Overnight only: 24-hour live arrival guarantee from confirmed delivery. Next Day Air (standard Overnight), 2-Day and USPS Priority carry no live arrival guarantee, on any tier. Local pickup or delivery: 7-day live guarantee — bring a water sample from your aquarium so we can test it before your livestock goes home with you. Maintenance clients: 60-day live guarantee on any livestock you buy from us, for as long as we service your aquarium on a plan of at least twice a month — weekly, every 10 days, or biweekly. Monthly plans carry 28 days. Nobody else in the trade puts that in writing. Sourcing: if the animal is not already in-house, add up to two more weeks in front of the window above — that applies on every tier. Claims: video of the sealed, unopened bag, opened on camera, with the animal on a white paper towel, inside the window. Want the full program — treated, observed, confirmed eating, and covered for 28 days on pickup? That is the Quarantined listing. Run your own quarantine and just want the fish this week? The non-quarantined listing is cheaper still. The whole ladder is explained in Quarantined vs Non-Quarantined.A striped reef fish related to the drum family, often seen swimming upside-down beneath ledges. Peaceful and hardy in a shaded reef with plenty of overhangs.Care level: Moderate · Temperament: Peaceful · Max size: ~7" · Min tank: 55 gal · Reef safe: Yes · Diet: Carnivore, meaty foods