Quarantine practice.
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baseballman 25
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I think they are a really good thing to have.JMO.Becuase if you just keep adding un qt'ed fish to your dt.You are playing with fire.And once you introduce a sick fish to your dt,it is a nightmare to handle if you do not have qt.
oceansidefish
Active Member
Honsetly I don't. I am very choosy about placing healthy specimins in my tank, I also don't keep anything prone to disease such as tangs. Although I would probably QT a tang if I was going to go that route.
baseballman 25
Member
Hey Oceanside.What part of Orange do you live in.I live in Costa Mesa.
anjiro
Member
I dont qt new fish for the same reason as oceanside. I havent really had any problems. I will admit I bought a clown the other day who had Ick. I did a water change in my display and put the water in a 10 gal. that was a week ago, the clown died last night. I will probly keep it up and running but I'm not sure. I'll sure do a water change but we will see if it stays up for more than a week or two.
oceansidefish
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oceansidefish
Active Member
Originally Posted by Anjiro
http:///forum/post/2922823
I dont qt new fish for the same reason as oceanside. I havent really had any problems. I will admit I bought a clown the other day who had Ick. I did a water change in my display and put the water in a 10 gal. that was a week ago, the clown died last night. I will probly keep it up and running but I'm not sure. I'll sure do a water change but we will see if it stays up for more than a week or two.
If that 10g was not cycled with LR and LS thats prob why it died....
http:///forum/post/2922823
I dont qt new fish for the same reason as oceanside. I havent really had any problems. I will admit I bought a clown the other day who had Ick. I did a water change in my display and put the water in a 10 gal. that was a week ago, the clown died last night. I will probly keep it up and running but I'm not sure. I'll sure do a water change but we will see if it stays up for more than a week or two.
If that 10g was not cycled with LR and LS thats prob why it died....
aquaknight
Active Member
I QT all new fish I buy online or from the LFS's. I did add my Sargassum Trigger straight to the DT, but he came from a local reefer's 7-footer with 5 tangs, all of which were long established and in great shape, so I had no qualms. There are plenty of reasons besides disease to QT fish, esp. more 'expert' fish where getting them to eat is important, as otherwise in a packed display, they wouldn't stand a chance.
baseballman 25
Member
Originally Posted by Oceansidefish
http:///forum/post/2922828
Off Katella and the 55
I played Katella for basketball.
http:///forum/post/2922828
Off Katella and the 55
I played Katella for basketball.
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rcreations
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Poll is too limited so I couldn't vote.
But I QT some fish, not all. Well, I don't anymore because my tank is fully stocked. But it all depends on the individual fish. Like if I was to buy a male Crosshatch, I wouldn't QT, he'd go straight in the DT. Also depends where I buy the fish.
But I QT some fish, not all. Well, I don't anymore because my tank is fully stocked. But it all depends on the individual fish. Like if I was to buy a male Crosshatch, I wouldn't QT, he'd go straight in the DT. Also depends where I buy the fish.
sepulatian
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I agree that the poll is too limited. It doesn't mention inverts nor live rock...
small triggers
Active Member
I quarantine fish that my LFS just got in within a week prior or anything i get from a different source. My lfs does copper all of their fish tanks so when i buy anything that has been there longer than a week i do not QT it unless it is an 'ich prone' fish.
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rcreations
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Originally Posted by crimzy
http:///forum/post/2922984
I kind of find it funny that people don't believe that a fish can carry the ick parasite into the display, even if QT'd. Can someone please explain to me how a QT, if not hypoed at the same time, kills the ick parasite?
The idea is that you QT a fish for 3-4 weeks to see if it has ich or other diseases. If ich doesn't show up in 4 weeks, that means the fish doesn't have it. If it shows up during that time, you start treating with copper or hypo. But I find it easier to treat from the beginning instead of wasting 3 weeks to find out the fish has ich.
http:///forum/post/2922984
I kind of find it funny that people don't believe that a fish can carry the ick parasite into the display, even if QT'd. Can someone please explain to me how a QT, if not hypoed at the same time, kills the ick parasite?
The idea is that you QT a fish for 3-4 weeks to see if it has ich or other diseases. If ich doesn't show up in 4 weeks, that means the fish doesn't have it. If it shows up during that time, you start treating with copper or hypo. But I find it easier to treat from the beginning instead of wasting 3 weeks to find out the fish has ich.
aquaknight
Active Member
Originally Posted by crimzy
http:///forum/post/2922984
I kind of find it funny that people don't believe that a fish can carry the ick parasite into the display, even if QT'd. Can someone please explain to me how a QT, if not hypoed at the same time, kills the ick parasite?
See above. Ich is one of the last things to worry about....
http:///forum/post/2922984
I kind of find it funny that people don't believe that a fish can carry the ick parasite into the display, even if QT'd. Can someone please explain to me how a QT, if not hypoed at the same time, kills the ick parasite?
See above. Ich is one of the last things to worry about....
crimzy
Active Member
Originally Posted by RCreations
http:///forum/post/2922997
The idea is that you QT a fish for 3-4 weeks to see if it has ich or other diseases. If ich doesn't show up in 4 weeks, that means the fish doesn't have it. If it shows up during that time, you start treating with copper or hypo. But I find it easier to treat from the beginning instead of wasting 3 weeks to find out the fish has ich.
I understand that this is the fallacy the people tend to believe. But why do people think this? Have experiences hobbiests suggested to the newbs that a fish cannot carry the parasite for 3 weeks without it showing visible signs? I always laugh when I see people write that they cannot get ick in their tank because it was never introduced... because they QT.
If you don't hypo or treat the QT with copper then a QT'd fish can introduce ick into the display just as a non-QT'd fish could. Why do people continue to regurgitate bad information?
http:///forum/post/2922997
The idea is that you QT a fish for 3-4 weeks to see if it has ich or other diseases. If ich doesn't show up in 4 weeks, that means the fish doesn't have it. If it shows up during that time, you start treating with copper or hypo. But I find it easier to treat from the beginning instead of wasting 3 weeks to find out the fish has ich.
I understand that this is the fallacy the people tend to believe. But why do people think this? Have experiences hobbiests suggested to the newbs that a fish cannot carry the parasite for 3 weeks without it showing visible signs? I always laugh when I see people write that they cannot get ick in their tank because it was never introduced... because they QT.
If you don't hypo or treat the QT with copper then a QT'd fish can introduce ick into the display just as a non-QT'd fish could. Why do people continue to regurgitate bad information?
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rcreations
Guest
Well, due to the ich cycle, if the fish carries ich, you will be able to see it in the 3-4 week period.
crimzy
Active Member
Originally Posted by RCreations
http:///forum/post/2923019
Well, due to the ich cycle, if the fish carries ich, you will be able to see it in the 3-4 week period.
I've seen plenty of fish be carriers of ick for longer than 3-4 weeks before displaying the symptoms. Can you elaborate and, possibly provide a source for this information?
http:///forum/post/2923019
Well, due to the ich cycle, if the fish carries ich, you will be able to see it in the 3-4 week period.
I've seen plenty of fish be carriers of ick for longer than 3-4 weeks before displaying the symptoms. Can you elaborate and, possibly provide a source for this information?