Do you quarantine?

Do you quarantine before adding new fish?

  • Yes, each and every new addition.

    Votes: 22 20.0%

  • Most of the time, but I do skip it sometimes.

    Votes: 21 19.1%

  • Eh, about half of the time. Depends on the fish.

    Votes: 15 13.6%

  • Not very often, only when I feel it's really necessary.

    Votes: 28 25.5%

  • Never. I just put them right into the main tank.

    Votes: 24 21.8%
  • Total voters
    110
I said "Not Very Often," and that's because I watch a fish for at least two weeks at the LFS. If it is a rare species or in low stock they will mark it as sold for me so I can watch its progress without worrying about it being sold. It pays to make friends with the owners. I never put a fish into my tank unless I am 100% positive it is the right choice, both species-wise and healthiness-wise. Those two weeks are dedicated to watching the fish and reading about it online, as well as making any adjustments to the tank that need to be done (such as closing all holes for a Ropefish or making a new cave)

I acclimate the fish in a bag for half an hour, and if my aggressive fish are all hovering around the bag in attack-mode, I will QT the new guy or girl until I can find a better house amongst other tanks. If the new guy or girl shows any signs of stress in that half an hour of acclimation, I will QT them.

Finally, I will watch the tank after the new addition for at least 45 minutes to an hour and if anything seems awry I will instantly QT the fish for at least a week.

It's a dedicated procedure and I take purchasing and adding my fish very seriously, and thus far it hasn't been a problem skipping a premeditated QT aside from an outbreak of ich (and that was Clown Loaches, which should have been the exception to my rules due to their sensitivity)
 
ALWAYS.
 
Most of the time I do. However, sometimes I don't. This time--I wish I had. I had purchased some really pretty red guppies from a big box chain which is something I usually do not do. I plopped them right into my tank of already established fish.

Nice, right? Who doesn't love a pretty guppy? Columnaris anyone?? So yes I bought infected fish and threw them right into my tank. :eek3:

QT QT QT.

I tell myself that all the time and do it for a few times and then--go right back to not QT'ing. I'll just never learn.
 
Learned long ago to QT anything before adding to my main tanks.It doesn't matter where I got them from everything goes thru a 4 week minimum QT
 
I quarantine.
 
I qt my expensive fish, as a rule, and the others when I have the space.
 
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