Why QT is important!!!!

[animalman]

So on my way home today I returned the sand I bought as I'm gunna keep a barebottom, no sand. I found out that the clown I purchased last week was NOT tank raised. He was captured from the ocean. This why he may have had Brooklynella and possibly where thereCorilanid came from, if thats what it was. Can't stress to everyone who is NOT using a QT. PLEASE use a QT on everything that you put into your display. Now I'm breaking down the display, freshwater dipping my LR and starting over. Don't let this happen to you. Learn from my mistake. I DID. I know now how important it is to QT everything from LR to fish. Had i QT the clown I might have avoided this problem. So again PLEASE QT everything. I will from now on.:wall::mad2:

 

[salty420]

so sorry to hear that, a hard lesson to learn!!

 

[Amphiprion]

Tank raised clowns get Brooklynella just as easily as wild caught ones. Wild caught ones aren't terribly common anymore--what species did you have? Maroons tend to be the more common wild caught species, though.

 

[archer772]

Another problem with wild caught fish is that cyanide is still being used in some areas and from my understanding is most fish will die from being cyanide caught. Just another good reason to get tank raised when ever possible.

 

[Grins]

I'm another that had to learn to QT the hard way. We all think it won't happen to us. And then we turn into the preachers on it as others like us probably think we're being alarmists.

 

[srossnz]

Wow that is scary. I have a 30gallon setup with no quarantine. What would be the smallest setup i could use for a quarantine tank? If the QT is empty how do you maintain the completed cycle? Should I just keep a small damsel in it? And lastly how long do you keep new items in QT? Thanks

 

[Jesshika]

Wow that is scary. I have a 30gallon setup with no quarantine. What would be the smallest setup i could use for a quarantine tank? If the QT is empty how do you maintain the completed cycle? Should I just keep a small damsel in it? And lastly how long do you keep new items in QT? Thanks

I used to have a 20 gal QT when I had my larger tank setups a while ago, now I just have a 10 gal QT with HOB filter and heater, nothing smaller than a 10 gallon. 10 is probably even too small :headshake2: I would normally keep new fish in the QT for at least 2 weeks for observation.

Sorry to hear about the tank animalman

 

[Grins]

You should be able to get away with a 10g for your tank. Just need the bare minimum. If you don't have cycled media to use for it, you can handle the the water by daily or every other day WCs. How long to QT depends on the species. On average I'd shoot for 4 weeks.

 

[irishspy]

Another problem with wild caught fish is that cyanide is still being used in some areas and from my understanding is most fish will die from being cyanide caught. Just another good reason to get tank raised when ever possible.

Cyanide causes severe liver damage: I'm shocked anyone is still using that to capture fish.

:angryfire:

 

[Grins]

Sad isn't it? Not only do the ones that make it to the LFS have damage but there are many more that die right there on the reef.

On the subject of QT tanks...I blogged on it today if anyone has anything to add to it: http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/blog.php?b=129