Curing diseases

[Tomek123]

Hello everybody, I've been thinking of setting up a 90G+, FOWLR tank. My only question is if a fish catches a disease, can i cure it in the display? Won't it kill off most of the animals living in the rock? Thanks.

 

[JustinReef]

Not really. You would need to move the fish to a hospital tank to treat them.

You really have to try to make sure your fish stay happy and healthy. I would recommend QT for new fish but I don't know where I stand on that anymore...It has not exactly worked for me in the past year or so. A lot of hard work only to have ich in my tank anyways. I personally have found that for my tank, keeping the fish healthy and well fed has worked much better to treat stuff like ich than hypo ever has. I have spoken to a lot of people lately who are taking the same approach. Not suggesting this is for everyone and I think QT is always a good idea but it just has not worked well for me. I have had great success letting my fish fight it off themselves though. After QTing them all for a total of almost 6 months, they still got ich again. After 1 month of feeding very heavily with Tropic Marin vitamins and garlic as well as keeping water quality ideal, no ich for about a month and a half now.

Having said all that, if you ever needed to treat for anything you would need a QT tank. Make sure you do have one just in case.

 

[Wolverine]

Yep, quarantining is a much better way to deal with disease. Once they're in your display, catching them can be a major challenge, and, as mentioned, you don't want to treat them in your main tank.

 

[billsreef]

I go by the old adage "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" Quarantine all new livestock from day one for at least 6 weeks before placing in the display tank