Do you quarantine?

[CrazyLionfish]

I know many people do and many people don't. I know that its always better safe than sorry, but I also know many people that have never quarantined a fish and have never lost a fish with proper fish selection. So just wanted to know how many of you out there actulley quarantine your new additions?

 

[MrChico]

I don't and without any fish deat,h but I have only been doing it for 2 months

 

[TippyToeX]

I do, all the time.

 

[cateyes]

all fish go into my 10g QT for 4 weeks.. no problems so far...

 

[chris2222000]

Some fish IMO should not be quarantined, such as mandarins and other fish of that caliber.
-Chris

 

[davidcalgary29]

I don't really trust any of my LFSes, and put all new arrivals into quarantine. I've lost a couple of fish in QT, but would rather suffer the trauma of individual losses than watch my display become infected.

 

[Salty Brother]

I havent QT my first few fish, but I just finshed setting up my 20 gal for my new Flame Angel (that im getting next weekend). I havent had troubles with my first few fish, but will always QT in the future!

 

[ReeferAl]

I wonder how many in the "Never have and have had great success" would be in a different category if you asked them again in a year or two.

Allen

 

[AllenFord_SC]

Very good point ReeferAl..... Some chose to learn by others mistakes and some chose to be stubborn and make their own. Personally I will continue doing it. I see no point in letting one "bad" fish cause problems for my perfectly healthy ones. I would rather replace one fish than all of them.

 

[chris2222000]

However some of those reefers might have started with the same fish that they still have today, I know I have.
-Chris

 

[RGBMatt]

Where's the "I didn't used to, but started after a catastrophic accident and will never go back" option?

Not bothering to quarantine gave me an ich problem that took 2 months to clean up, and killed a (formerly) very healthy bandit angelfish. Fish disease is like venereal disease - taking precautions seems to spoil the fun until you actually catch it.

 

[FloridaFishMan]

I know a guy who has been doing saltwater tanks for 15years w/ no quarentine. He has only lost several fish over the years due to natural causes. The only catastrophe he has had was do to power failure and he wasn't able to be home to take care of anything. But I do see how quarentining can be beneficial.

 

[miatawnt2b]

Always... I've learned my lesson.
-J

 

[jenghes]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6564504#post6564504 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by miatawnt2b
Always... I've learned my lesson.
-J

Me too.

 

[HotHotHot]

I voted "Never have and have had great success", but I buy all of my fish (so far) from an LFS that QT's for 2 weeks after they get them (stock is dated on the tank).

However, I'm going to start QTing when I get my new tank set up. I'll be looking for a broader selection and cheaper prices than they can provide.

Ed

 

[Pandora]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6564085#post6564085 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RGBMatt
Fish disease is like venereal disease - taking precautions seems to spoil the fun until you actually catch it.

That's a great quote, Matt... LOL

 

[Craig Lambert]

I never have either. When it comes to keeping a Tang (which I have not done personally), I read all of these posts saying that you really want a 6 ft. tank, so when one buys a Tang, are they suppose to put it in a 20 gal. quarantine tank for a month? How stressful is that? Seems to me that quarantining one could actually be the cause of an ich outbreak.

 

[ReeferAl]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6565354#post6565354 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Craig Lambert
... when one buys a Tang, are they suppose to put it in a 20 gal. quarantine tank for a month? How stressful is that?

A few years back I bought a small (not tiny) yellow tang and a flame angel and quarantined them together in a 15 gal tank. They did NOT pace around or act stressed out, but did fine. I was able to be sure they were healthy and eating. After about 3 weeks I put them in the main tank. Now I quarantine in hyposalinity. If you buy a full-grown tang and put it into a small QT I suppose that could be stressful. For awhile I was using an old 55 gal as my QT. It gave enough room to quarantine just about anything. The only drawback is that it is a PITA to bring the salinity down and then at the end back up.

Allen

 

[NexDog]

When I first started late in 2004 I didn't and I lost all fish I added due to poor acclimatisation and disease (Ich and Brook). Since I've started quarantining and treating all fish with hypo I've only ever lost one fish (due to prolonged hypo). My fish and main tank are disease free. I now have a 50g QT and currently treating a powder blue, flame angel, copperband, longnose hawk, sixline wrasse and juvie emperor angel. All are happy and eating.

 

[rickh]

I quarantine, but I do not treat the fish with any medications unless a problem arises. Some people always treat with copper or other nasties even if the fish looks fine. I don't want to add stress from the chemicals if it's unnecessary. R