Just a short story for ya'll.
Years ago, I had a couple of Marine Tanks. The 65 Show reef tank was my pride and joy. I had more corals than fish in it. Well, I decided to go, lets just say somewhere, on a little vacation. When I arrived at my destination, we went out to Ocean, and in the evening at low tide, found little tide pools with thousands of Blennies everywhere. I couldn't resist the temptation of taking a few home. What could it hurt, right? Let me say that this is a huge mistake, without a quarantine tank. Because of the Metal Halide lamps over the tank, the hair algae started growing, out of control. Water Changes, scrubbing, pulling, more water changes, more pulling and scrubbing. For two weeks I had an enormous HAIR BALL not in just the 65 show, but my fish only tank began to get covered in it as well. What happened? Did the Algae jump from one tank into the other across the room? Nope, I believe is was the equipment used. See, I used the same equipment for both tanks, thus propagating both tanks with Hair Algae. If I would have put the Fish in the quarantine tank first, I would have found out about the Hair Algae, and not put the fish in a great show tank, and a fish only tank. I just would have left them in the quarantine tank, or some other tank.
That is what got me out of the Marine side of fishkeeping. Something to keep in mind, for your quarantine tank.
Feel free to share quarantine stories, and new fish keepers advised on the use of quarantining fish...before!
Years ago, I had a couple of Marine Tanks. The 65 Show reef tank was my pride and joy. I had more corals than fish in it. Well, I decided to go, lets just say somewhere, on a little vacation. When I arrived at my destination, we went out to Ocean, and in the evening at low tide, found little tide pools with thousands of Blennies everywhere. I couldn't resist the temptation of taking a few home. What could it hurt, right? Let me say that this is a huge mistake, without a quarantine tank. Because of the Metal Halide lamps over the tank, the hair algae started growing, out of control. Water Changes, scrubbing, pulling, more water changes, more pulling and scrubbing. For two weeks I had an enormous HAIR BALL not in just the 65 show, but my fish only tank began to get covered in it as well. What happened? Did the Algae jump from one tank into the other across the room? Nope, I believe is was the equipment used. See, I used the same equipment for both tanks, thus propagating both tanks with Hair Algae. If I would have put the Fish in the quarantine tank first, I would have found out about the Hair Algae, and not put the fish in a great show tank, and a fish only tank. I just would have left them in the quarantine tank, or some other tank.
That is what got me out of the Marine side of fishkeeping. Something to keep in mind, for your quarantine tank.
Feel free to share quarantine stories, and new fish keepers advised on the use of quarantining fish...before!