Do you actually quarantine your fish?
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If they're inverts, no QT. From a trustable fish keepers tank, no QT. Any fish from any LFS, QT 1 week.
Ich is the least of diseases I quarrantine against, at least it is easily treatable. Even when you can identify a disease or parasite it can be difficult to safely treat & without killing otherwise healthy fish, plants & inverts. Q= safer, easier, cheaper.
I will admit to a shortened Q period of only 2 weeks once in a long while instead of the usual 4 weeks or more. Sometimes I'm unable to resist a new find or an emergency crops up.
I will admit to a shortened Q period of only 2 weeks once in a long while instead of the usual 4 weeks or more. Sometimes I'm unable to resist a new find or an emergency crops up.
Anyone ever seen the Q tanks at the LFS.I hear all he time my LFS qt's new fish for X weeks.If you haven't seen it don't believe it.There are other reasons tto QT new fish besides checking for disease.One is to allow a fish to eat without competition and allows you to monitor its food intake as well as to gain strength before having to compete with others for food.
I QT, although I don't get new fish often. Usually the tank is a divided betta tank, but it's takes 10 seconds to do the right thing. Glad I do. The last set of gold barbs had some problems and I wouldn't want that getting into my female bettas.
i qt for one month of health for any new fish.
I do not qt new plants or inverts (they are typically going into their own species specific tank)
I have had fish seem absolutely fine in qt for 3 weeks and 6 days and then show symptoms of a parasite. ALWAYS safe rather than sorry especially with larger tanks, planted tanks, tanks with invertebrates, or a tank with an established biofilter. Many meds can effect your bio-filter negatively.
I do not qt new plants or inverts (they are typically going into their own species specific tank)
I have had fish seem absolutely fine in qt for 3 weeks and 6 days and then show symptoms of a parasite. ALWAYS safe rather than sorry especially with larger tanks, planted tanks, tanks with invertebrates, or a tank with an established biofilter. Many meds can effect your bio-filter negatively.
Quarantining is easy and it can save you money, you just have to be patient. Too much money could be lost if you introduce sick fish into your general population. The first time you have to spend $30+ on meds and still lose 6 fish, you'll think twice about not quarantining.
Having a 28G display tank as my quarantine makes it easier too...I can still enjoy the fish in a nice looking environment while I am waiting.
Having a 28G display tank as my quarantine makes it easier too...I can still enjoy the fish in a nice looking environment while I am waiting.
Absolutely. I have always QT'd, and even so I had a big problem once when my husband persuaded me to cut the QT period short by a week.
I buy from a fantastic independent LFS with amazing employees. The fish did not look sick, not even after I'd had them for 3 weeks. A day after I moved them to the main tank, one died and appeared to have an intestinal parasite. I asked for advice all over (including here; this was years ago under a different ID) and the verdict was, untreatable. The whole tank went down over the next week. Took me months to disinfect the main tank and get it set up again.
i never have done and only once thought maybe i should have, but yesterday i used my small tank to put my catfish in as he cut himself on the rock and fish tried to bite at the wounded area, withing 24 hours he has healed really well and i also added a small ammount of stress coat to help rebuild it 
