qt tank
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speddlysmitt
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The LFS I go told me, for the first fish, the display tank is the quarentine. But I only had live rock and sand in it, and the fish I bought were kept at the LFS for over a month. Very healthy and stuff.
reefergeorge
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If you use the dt, and the fish has ich. you will have to remove him, and wait at least six weeks before adding anything else. I would qt the first fish while the dt is cycling.
You QT your first fish to protect the DT, not other fish. You could have started with a fish in a QT the same time you started to cycle your DT, and therefore would not have lost any time getting a fish into your DT. Even though a fish may look good in the LFS, the process of bagging him, transporting home, acclimating, etc., may be stressful enough to have him manifest ich.
Indymann99
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VERY, VERY good point....
Jay180reef
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I wouldn't medicate unless you need to. The quarantine period will let you see if you have a sick fish. A new, healthy looking fish needs to be monitored in the QT for 2-4wks. (depending on who you ask)
There are many threads discussing this topic in detail.
There are many threads discussing this topic in detail.
I suspect that the vast majority of aquarist don't qt snails/crabs et. .. but smart ones purchase them from vendors that keep them separate from fish to avoid ich related issues.
Many reefers will do some QT on certain corals to avoid importing nasty critters which can create problems ... this is a more limited QT than normally discussed on this forum and often limited to less than a week.
khanb31
SLim Jim
If you are to buy ANYTHING, IT MUST BE QUARANTINED!!!!
There is no IF AND OR BUTS ABOUT IT!!!
Quarantine MUST be carried out correctly or a WORLD of hurt and time will be wasted on getting it to normal.
QT a fish for at LEAST 4 weeks. I still think this is not enough time to see what type of diseases or parasites the fish has. Ich takes at least 3-5 weeks to take hold in a tank where it isnt populated enough to visibly show itself on a fish.
I would suggest holding Hypo at 1.009 for 3 weeks when you first get the fish. After that hold it in QT for another 3 weeks at 1.026 to monitor the fish and then only after that should you put them in the DT.
QT is a great test of whether you can take care of a fish or not. It is much harder to keep a fish in QT than it is in a DT with live rock. After you get good at it, youll think its the easiest thing in the world. You have to start somewhere though.
Oh, and more time for QT is ALWAYS a good thing. Try hypo before you use copper.
There is no IF AND OR BUTS ABOUT IT!!!
Quarantine MUST be carried out correctly or a WORLD of hurt and time will be wasted on getting it to normal.
QT a fish for at LEAST 4 weeks. I still think this is not enough time to see what type of diseases or parasites the fish has. Ich takes at least 3-5 weeks to take hold in a tank where it isnt populated enough to visibly show itself on a fish.
I would suggest holding Hypo at 1.009 for 3 weeks when you first get the fish. After that hold it in QT for another 3 weeks at 1.026 to monitor the fish and then only after that should you put them in the DT.
QT is a great test of whether you can take care of a fish or not. It is much harder to keep a fish in QT than it is in a DT with live rock. After you get good at it, youll think its the easiest thing in the world. You have to start somewhere though.
Oh, and more time for QT is ALWAYS a good thing. Try hypo before you use copper.
limitdown
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I would QT anything that's "alive" before putting it into the DT. Whether it's new live rock, corals, inverts, snails, crabs, whatever. Although ich can't infect these, ich might be resting on them or hiding in a crevice. If you put them with fish, then the ich parasite will have a chance to infect the fish. But if you QT for 4-6 weeks, then the parasite will have no host and die.
