Quarantine

[kietl]

Question to saltwater fish.com
Shoud I quarantine products from saltwaterfis.com? I am about to order package deal of mushroom, Pom Pom crab, sexy shrimp, yellow tang and a few fire fishes .
Regards
Kiet

 

[mr. limpid]

I'm surprised they haven't responded, I was waiting to here this answer too.

 

[meowzer]

Quarantining things are totally up to you....IT IS recommended, because you never know
I will say I personally do not QT inverts, and have only recently started qting fish
I also will add...that I have never received a fish from SWF that had anything wrong with it, and I did not qt for 3 years

 

[mr. limpid]

Quote:
Originally Posted by meowzer http:///t/390759/quarantine#post_3462317
Quarantining things are totally up to you....IT IS recommended, because you never know
I will say I personally do not QT inverts, and have only recently started qting fish
I also will add...that I have never received a fish from SWF that had anything wrong with it, and I did not qt for 3 years
I think the same way why not QT it gives time for fish to get special treatment and to have no competition for food. Why chance it especially if you have a DT full of fish.

 

[beth]

You must always QT incoming fish. No fish store can completely deal with the problems of fish parasites. So, if you want complete safety, QT.

 

[florida joe]

You are never going to get a disease free guarantee from any fish source. Its buyer beware so IMO QT

 

[geridoc]

I have been keeping marine fish for 40 years, and if I have learned anything in all that time, it is that if you do not quarantine you will be known as a "former marine fish keeper" who gave it up because of a dreadful outbreak of something in their tank. It is only a matter of time. Quarantine everything! I routinely dip incoming corals in an iodine bath (had an outbreak of flatworms once), and hypo all incoming fish. Average survival in my DT is better than 5 years.

 

[kietl]

Thank you
Kiet