QT tank

P

pasd

Registered Member
Feb 22, 2017
2
0
1
50
How do you all qt your fish? I usually do a 30 day qt and premedicate with levamisole. I fear camallanus worms above all else. Let me know what you all do.
 
In truth...I buy from someone who quarantines before selling. So I mostly don't. for other animals, they go in a tank on their own for 30 days. I don't medicate unless I see something specific to treat.
 
And if you do see something in that time, I'd suggest a month would be good as a time WITHOUT seeing any issues at all.
 
pasd said:
How do you all qt your fish? I usually do a 30 day qt and premedicate with levamisole. I fear camallanus worms above all else. Let me know what you all do.
Click to expand...

Sounds like a great plan if you've had issues with that in the past. I know it's not ideal, but I've never QT'd. I paid the price once with ich, but for the most part, my setups don't change or have new fish added.
 
I QT for 4 weeks if there are no problems. I have treated fish, mostly loaches, with levamisole just in case of internal parasites but usually don't. I've only seen camallanus once, in stiphodon gobies (knock wood). Even with tx I lost 5 of 6.
 
I usually Q for 2 weeks, but I only buy from reputable people, and they Q fishes already.
 
I was curious to know what people do. I've had an outbreak of camallanus that infected all my tanks so that's why I treat for that before I put anything in my tanks.
 
Back when I was buying new fish and always setting up a new tank, I would Q the fish for about a month if I got them from my petsmart. They havnt ever sold me a bad fish so I am guility of not Q'ing a few of their fish but I mainly did. The fish I got from my LFS, I didn't Q about 70-90% of them. Never had a bad fish from them and I trust them enough to put any fish they have into my tank without Q'ing them ever.
I don't recommend not Q'ing fish because you never truly know if they have anything wrong with them while buying.
Don't ever use me as an example of what to do :p
 
I think it's important to understand when to quarantine. The vast majority of my animals and plants come from reputable sources. There are some stores that I will never again purchase from because they sold me sick stock in the past. I'd much rather pay more for an animal that has been quarantined and treated if needed than go cheap, risk my existing animals, and potentially lose the purchased ones to a disease. There's not much money saved by buying twice as many as you hope will live.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
AquariaCentral.com
Top Bottom