What do you quarantine?
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lespaul339
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I quarantine anything wet that I plan on putting into my display tank. I introduced ich via some inverts I didn't quarantine and learned my lesson the hard way. Lost half my fish to ich before I got them cured. Never again will I put myself or my fish through that head ache.
scooter31707
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everything that is wet
Jeff4777
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ThRoewer
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Fish get quarantined for a minimum of 2 months (exception mandarins - they just won't survive it).
Corals - no QT (otherwise I may as well just toss them into my bleach bucket). I rather buy them from sources where I'm fairly confident that the tanks are clean and the fish in there are not looking or acting sick. Whenever possible I have the frag plugs cut off.
All other wet items 1 to 4 weeks with a few tank cleanings/transfers.
I've tried to quarantine plants, hermits, snails,... for two months and lost about 50 to 90% of them in the process. Especially snails and higher macro algae don't do well in my 10 gallon QTs.
My main concern is velvet. It encysts only for a week. Free stages may live up to a month, but tank transfers with freshwater rinses can wash most of those away.
If ich is of concern you would need to quarantine for a minimum of 3 months, better a year - IMO it's just not worth the hassle.
If Uronema is of concern just do not add anything wet - ever!
Corals - no QT (otherwise I may as well just toss them into my bleach bucket). I rather buy them from sources where I'm fairly confident that the tanks are clean and the fish in there are not looking or acting sick. Whenever possible I have the frag plugs cut off.
All other wet items 1 to 4 weeks with a few tank cleanings/transfers.
I've tried to quarantine plants, hermits, snails,... for two months and lost about 50 to 90% of them in the process. Especially snails and higher macro algae don't do well in my 10 gallon QTs.
My main concern is velvet. It encysts only for a week. Free stages may live up to a month, but tank transfers with freshwater rinses can wash most of those away.
If ich is of concern you would need to quarantine for a minimum of 3 months, better a year - IMO it's just not worth the hassle.
If Uronema is of concern just do not add anything wet - ever!
Deinonych
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Not if TTM is part of one's quarantine protocol.
mcozad829
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I QT fish and inverts that are "easy" to keep alive. I have found my QT system is not stable enough for corals to really do well for over a few days. Instead I just dip in coral RX and visually inspect. I know its still a gamble but every SPS i have tried to keep in a QT bleaches or browns I just can't get it right lol.
ThRoewer
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TTM works only on fish.
Cryptocaryon cysts can be on pretty much everything else, and the cysts of some strains may hold out for 3 months or even longer.
So, while fish can be cleared of ich in a week (the second is just for security), everything else wet going into the tank needs to get quarantined for several months to prevent the parasite coming in through the back door.
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ThRoewer
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Because fish with a low level velvet infection may take up to 6 weeks to show symptoms.
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Deinonych
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Of course. Just clarifying for those who think you have to QT fish for 3+ months.
