QT vs Toss Em In

[Flightpipe]

How many people actually QT new fish ect. Comments welcome.

If other please post.

 

[tush]

i know my LFS and know their quarrantine procedures are stricter than anything i could set up - i also know that they will not put an unquarrantined fish out for sale - i know- they are one in a million!
expensive - but worth it!

 

[Flightpipe]

please vote in the poll 50 people 11 votes COME ON FOLKS

thanks

 

[SaltyMember]

I quarantine all fish now. Learned my lesson when I lost all the fish in my 125 due to ich.

 

[kar93]

QT, Ive learned my lesson.

 

[Reefbox]

I know I should QT but I have not for the first 6 years.

After getting hydroids in my tank from live rock I will be QT'ing from here on out.

 

[emoore]

I don't have any fish right now but I do plan on QT when I get some. My LFS also QT's fish for 4 weeks but I just want to be extra careful. It is cheap insurance.

 

[downhillbiker]

wow. cant believe how many people dont QT. that is shocking. i thought this was a must, or at least a regular practice.

 

[Tswifty]

No Kidding... I QT all fish for minimum of 2 weeks for observation... Tangs 4 weeks.

 

[TWallace]

I QT most fish. Exceptions are wrasses that sleep in the gravel and mandarins. My QT doesn't have deep enough sand for wrasses to sleep in, and not enough pods to sustain a mandarin for long (I keep it running always and ocassionally add rocks to it from the display to provide pods and other critters).

 

[downhillbiker]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12645817#post12645817 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TWallace
I QT most fish. Exceptions are wrasses that sleep in the gravel and mandarins. My QT doesn't have deep enough sand for wrasses to sleep in, and not enough pods to sustain a mandarin for long (I keep it running always and ocassionally add rocks to it from the display to provide pods and other critters).

killer looking crocea by the way. where did you get it?

 

[xJake]

QT is the only way to go. You never know what a new animal will bring to the equation. Let's just say there is a reason zoos and aquariums quarantine new arrivals and we should do the same.

 

[reefergeorge]

Most people who don't QT will eventually after they loose a bunch of money from not.
I would never trust any Lfs to QT my fish. I don't care if it is my brothers shop. If you want it done right do it yourself.

 

[seafansar]

I learned my lesson with ich. Now I QT. Glad I do too, because one of my clowns just died from brook. (I didn't recognize the signs quick enough. ) Thankfully it wasn't in the DT, so I don't have to worry about it spreading!

 

[95accord]

i dont QT. I find the fish i get are stressed out enough as it is. I usualy try and get them right as they arrive at my LFS so that they dont get a chance to contract anything from those tanks.

i tried QT'ing a couple clowns i got and they only got worse.


i know i should but i dont have space/time/money to set up a good QT tank. anything i could do at this point would probably just make my fish worse. mind you im extremely picky when i go to my LFS and i ensure to get nothing but the healthiest specimens.

 

[Mykel Obvious]

I think I've talked myself into setting up a NanoCube to use as a QT... once I've filled my 65, the 'cube will become a nano-reef (of course then I'll need something else to use as a QT for the nano-reef critters LOL)

 

[plateboy3293]

I qt all my fish and inverts from lfs except those purchased from liveaquaria.

 

[gary faulkner]

I QT everything, and I mean everything. rocks, macro algae, fish, inverts, everything.

 

[mflamb]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12647331#post12647331 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gary faulkner
I QT everything, and I mean everything. rocks, macro algae, fish, inverts, everything.

Double Ditto.

 

[mflamb]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12646129#post12646129 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 95accord
i dont QT. I find the fish i get are stressed out enough as it is. I usualy try and get them right as they arrive at my LFS so that they dont get a chance to contract anything from those tanks.

i tried QT'ing a couple clowns i got and they only got worse.


i know i should but i dont have space/time/money to set up a good QT tank. anything i could do at this point would probably just make my fish worse. mind you im extremely picky when i go to my LFS and i ensure to get nothing but the healthiest specimens.

I'm not smart enough to pick out the healthiest specimins. I go to the LFS with the best practices and reputation, and then put the new fish in a "no stress" QT. I don't understand what you do to stress the fish. I have a 50 QT that gets a 5 gallon water change several times per week with water from my display tank. The fish in QT gets a wide variety of food. The lights are on the same schedule as the display. And there are no fish with "home territory" to worry about. Fish stay in the QT for as much as 3 months. When they go into the display, the only thing new are their tankmates.