So, from what I think, the pros are having a healthy fish go into the tank without risking disease being spread and plaguing the tank, thus saving many headaches and such.
The cons, in my opinion are that a quarantine tank is usually small, has no sand, no live rock, no nothing pretty much...so it is not a natural environment for the fish, which I would think could further stress the fish and make it worse off in some situations. By this I mean that by not inserting it into a more natural habitat, having it in a little box for a while can be harmful to it.
My solution, I guess would be to do a nice long freshwater bath for all new fish before putting them in the display...say about a half hour or so. This way anything that may be on the fish already could be killed off and it could be ready to join a more natural place and you run less risk of stress I would guess.
Thoughts/opinions?
The cons, in my opinion are that a quarantine tank is usually small, has no sand, no live rock, no nothing pretty much...so it is not a natural environment for the fish, which I would think could further stress the fish and make it worse off in some situations. By this I mean that by not inserting it into a more natural habitat, having it in a little box for a while can be harmful to it.
My solution, I guess would be to do a nice long freshwater bath for all new fish before putting them in the display...say about a half hour or so. This way anything that may be on the fish already could be killed off and it could be ready to join a more natural place and you run less risk of stress I would guess.
Thoughts/opinions?