From Quarantine to Display Tank

[ntropics]

I am about to transfer my three lemon butterfly fish from my QT to my display in a day or two. (I am at seven weeks in the QT). My thinking is this: if my quarantine and display are at the same temperature and salinity (and pH as well, although pH is not exactly the same) then I should be able to simply transfer directly from one tank to another rather than go through the stress of acclimation. After all, what would I be acclimating anyway?

Any thoughts on this?

Bruce

 

[Brieninsac]

I do the same thing. As long as the temp, salinity and PH is the same they go right it.

 

[snorvich]

I am about to transfer my three lemon butterfly fish from my QT to my display in a day or two. (I am at seven weeks in the QT). My thinking is this: if my quarantine and display are at the same temperature and salinity (and pH as well, although pH is not exactly the same) then I should be able to simply transfer directly from one tank to another rather than go through the stress of acclimation. After all, what would I be acclimating anyway?

Any thoughts on this?

Bruce

I agree. However 7 weeks is pushing it.

 

[ntropics]

Do you mean pushing it, in that I should wait another week?

 

[scooter31707]

I would wait another week and what kind of quarantine process did you do?

 

[ntropics]

I do a methylene blue/fresh water dip, followed by observation. I am not a believer in preventative medication. I usually wait eight weeks, then assuming no disease, I introduce the fish to the display tank. There are people who treat prophylactically , but I don't.

Anyway, it's worked for me over the past ten years. I am going on vacation soon, so I wanted to get the fish in the display tank a few weeks before I leave. I'll probably transfer them Christmas weekend which will be just under eight weeks.

 

[stan80]

well when I qt fish they look so bad after 6 weeks that I cant tell if its disease or not lol

 

[ntropics]

Oh no! They are actually looking great. Scar (from shipping or collection?) healed beautifully so that I can't even tell which is which. Fish eating well, and now coming to me when I walk by tank. They are probably ready to go, and I don't want to leave in QT more than necessary, because I want them to be able to start to nibble on live rock in display. I actually keep live rock in the QT. If I need to treat, I don't worry about it, because I have so much live rock in the main tank.

B.