<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7044451#post7044451 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by blstravler
Now. now read again more carefully. I asked for a scientific study not an article posted on the web, even if Calfo wrote it.
Now please read again what you wrote:
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7044451#post7044451 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by blstravler
Please point me to the exact article or scientific study where it is outlined the EXACT proper way of QT'ing a fish, including time, treatments, feeding, QT tank size in comparison to fish size and water change frequancey for QT tank.
Now please once again read what you wrote, I gave you just 2 article from two people in the industry about what they had to say about QT fish. I guess that wasn't good enough for you. Most people aren't doing scientific study and writing article on this, but maybe there is some thing out there.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7044451#post7044451 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by blstravler
Scientific studies usualy have a cotontrol group, a study, etc. I'm sure you know all of these things. Let me know when you find a Quantitative study on QT tanks.
I know what a sceintific study is and I'll look around for one for you, considering you would rather listen to you LFS than all the "Billy Bob" here on RC even will all their exprecince but I guess you rather listen to your LFS.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7044451#post7044451 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by blstravler
BECSAUSE myself and my wife are not home enough during the day to take car of a fish in a rubbermaid "tank" and observe it as much as nessecary, again as stated previously my LFS staff has much more time to do this then I do during the QT period.
What is there to take care of? The fish is in a container it doesn't need to be observe 24hours a day. This also has nothing to do with you or your LFS doing the quaratine or observing of the fish but the amount of time the fish needs to be quaratined. As for your LFS dipping/bathing the fish in a " blue green, formalin" solution, well what was that for? Are you treating a fish that just comes in for some thing that you don't even know what it may or mayn't have? You don't normally start treating a fish usually you know what it has.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7044451#post7044451 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by blstravler
"But I bet your the type of person who believes everything the people at your LFS tell you also."
Oh that's a good one, showing your age now. I've been in this hobby going on 15 year's now. I haven't fallen prey to that stupidity in about 10 years-
Could have fooled me from what you posted.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7044451#post7044451 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by blstravler
However, apparently one thing I have learned that you have yet to in all of the time you spend on these threads, as mentioned previously by myself and I am sure more then one Mod on this board, is that it is OK for people to do things differently then you. Until you understand that you will never understand my point in asking for a Quantitative study.
I guess you haven't read my posts on RC, not only in this thread but other threads, and I guess you didn't read the other also saying they wished that you quaratine the fish, but I guess you don't want to read that.
Also I have never had a Mod every mention to me about anything I've ever posted, and that I should back off because there is more than one way of doing something. I don't think my way of doing things is the only way, but since you haven't read any of my post or PM that I've sent to people or advise that I've given to people you wouldn't even know that. You also can't turn you head to all the history of people doing some thing and the results that they produced and not make a determination on some thing. Unlike you I don't want to put out info so people can see it and think that hey this guy only quaratine his fish for a week and since he said it that must be fine, specially when it not fine and you see people doing this and then having out breaks in their tanks and fish dying. Just case in point, there is one guy that just posted he doesn't QT any of his fish, just places them right into his tank. He feel if his current fish die from some thing the new fish had well then his fish weren't healthy and he not doing some thing right to begin with and his has larger problems. Do you think it's right not to say some thing to him?
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7044451#post7044451 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by blstravler
I asked for this because in this hobby it is rare that there is such a study to back up a theory or practice in the hobby, such as a QT tank, it is more often or not based on people experiences, whcih may differ from person to person. AS IN THIS CASE you use a QT tank and QT for a certain time period and I pay my LFS to QT my fish for a certain period of time. Are we all clear now? It's okay to do things differently, relax enjoy your tank, as I am about to go do with mine.
Is there a study out? maybe maybe not but since this is a hobby your probably not going to find some one doing some thing like that , unless you look at public aquariums and see what they're doing and I'm sure it very from place to place but there is a certain amount of time envolved..
Your basically are going by all the exprecince that people have had and start to piece them together. From this exprecince most people can see trends of what works and doesn't and what should be done. It's also good to look at people who have been in the hobby for a long time as they have seen many different method over the years, I post a couple of those people, just like you wanted, but I guess that wasn't good enough for you. You can also look at disease outbreaks and how long it take some thing to show on a fish. To not use this info and turn your back on some thing is not right. To look at all the past post and exprecience an not take that into account is not right also, but then again you have no reguard for any of the "Billy Bobs" here on RC. I'm sure there are a lot of things in the hobby that are steady fast that there isn't a "Scientific studies" done but are followed.