Mudbeaver
New member
I'm writting this because i was trying to do the right thing and i was being totaly wrong about it and could of killed my fish in the process.
Long story short; i started my quarantine tank before the main tank arrive, and i was going to keep it running all the time a permanent QT or hospital tank as they say for my fish. And by pure coinsidence i said that to my LFS guy.
WRONG he said. NEVER have a permanent Hospital tank. Always have a dry QT ready to use your fish tank water for treatment . The suddent change from one specific environment to a new one for a weak fish will kill him, he must stay with the same parameters, even if the medium is contaminated. Then you do what you have to do in that new tank, water changes, medication and such but don't change his water, stress might kill him.
When i heard that , i considered who was giving me the advice; compare to what i had heard and red on countless thread here and on other site. The guy has a business for 30 years of experiences......he sells fishes for a living,and its a good clean store 25-30 tanks. I've never seen any of your tanks and seen anybodies accomplishement on the net. So the reasoning is simple. When taking advice or reading stuff always CROSS refference your sources, the more sources that says the same thing the better. I was so sure about my strategy and we all are.Its better to look stupid asking a question than making a costly and foolish mistake . Besides seeking knowledge is never stupid acting without is.
So that was my almost stupid mistake anybody else almost made one???lol:spin2:
Long story short; i started my quarantine tank before the main tank arrive, and i was going to keep it running all the time a permanent QT or hospital tank as they say for my fish. And by pure coinsidence i said that to my LFS guy.
WRONG he said. NEVER have a permanent Hospital tank. Always have a dry QT ready to use your fish tank water for treatment . The suddent change from one specific environment to a new one for a weak fish will kill him, he must stay with the same parameters, even if the medium is contaminated. Then you do what you have to do in that new tank, water changes, medication and such but don't change his water, stress might kill him.
When i heard that , i considered who was giving me the advice; compare to what i had heard and red on countless thread here and on other site. The guy has a business for 30 years of experiences......he sells fishes for a living,and its a good clean store 25-30 tanks. I've never seen any of your tanks and seen anybodies accomplishement on the net. So the reasoning is simple. When taking advice or reading stuff always CROSS refference your sources, the more sources that says the same thing the better. I was so sure about my strategy and we all are.Its better to look stupid asking a question than making a costly and foolish mistake . Besides seeking knowledge is never stupid acting without is.
So that was my almost stupid mistake anybody else almost made one???lol:spin2: