How long do you quarantine? Any meds in there, or is it for observation?
One thing I don't do is offer
advice on things I am not highly knowledgeable about. You will find plenty of good information if you search the forums (ON PROPER, best Practice QT)
However I will share my experiences and recent practices.
#1) For over a decade
I never used to do QT and (got lucky) till one day a few years ago where I added a replacement Clown to my Other Kitchen Tank. Appears he had Velvet
and one by one (very quickly) all my fish died including my 7 year old Powder Blue Tang that was my buddy.
(Big Pain, had to run Tank Fallow for 12 weeks)
#2)
After that WIPE OUT experience (big lesson learn) and this new Tank I swore I would QT all my fish. I did exactly that, and have Zero regrets since so far so good, all my DT fish are doing well. I did
lose a few fish in QT during the process. QT not DT to be clear.
Each QT TANK iteration I did started with a
Seachem (AMMONIA ALERT) To to Warn me about High Ammonia Levels, and that helped me catch an Amonia Spike (that surely saved one of my QT fish doing a quick Water Change to bring down levels).
I also ran the QT's using a hang on Filter with
Seachem Matrix Media, and used
Seachem Stability to quickly establish Bio-Filter[/B].
#3) I did a variety of QT methods that depended on the fish and symptoms observed.
3a) I Did
CopperSafe (gentler than Curpramine) and
ATI Furan-2 when I had a school of Anthias and some started Dying. I managed to save 2 Fish and they are in my Tank now dong very well.
3b) One QT I pre-treated the fish with
PRAZIPro for possible parasites. (didn't see any symptoms, just did it since fish type was susceptible to them).
3c) When My Copperband got
ICH I did the
Tank Transfer Method (No Meds), and it worked perfectly to get rid of his ich. I no longer FEAR ICH (in QT) anymore, since I 100% trust TTM works if done properly.
3d) and for the healthy looking, and good eating fish I used KENT ZOE Vitamins to treat the Frozen Food and used it in my Masstick Food Mix) to boost their Immune system.
3e) In the case of the last QT fish (the Magma Wrasse), he was so healthy looking in
QT I simply did the MINIMAL Observation period of 3 Weeks. (but the Longer is Better for observation period, and varies if using Meds or doing TTM)
4) Finally when I felt it's time to Transfer the fish from QT to DT, I would do a 3 stage acclimatization. Catch Fish in container with QT Water. MATCH container TEMP to DT Temp. Empty half way, and fill with DT water then Wait 5 minutes. Repeat 3 Times. (I prefer this method over Dripping method since it CAN be more risky when Carbon Dioxide mixes into Water with Ammonia creating a toxic solution). Long term Dripping can be better for sensitive Specimens if done properly.
One last word....
have a good covered QT,
since I actually lost 3-4 fish from Jumping out, which is more than I lost to diseases (for this new Tank Setup).
