Importance Of Quarantine

Whats worst, Spending $200 on a quarantine setup or Having $200 worth of fish die?

Well, after a month long battle its Flukes and ich etc! I finally cured it all. All of my fish are eithier blind or partially blind. I had a Blue Hippo Tang, 2 Clownfish, 2 Dwarf angels, a foxface, and all of my sump inverts die. No aggression issues at all. so saying $200 is an under statement. ANYways, I now have this:
*1 Humu Humu
* 1 Yellow Tang
*1 Snowflake (New)

 

Qt is much cheaper

 

I learned the hard way,in the regard to adding new fish. My new arrivals spend about a month in time out before moving on.

 

So sorry for your losses, and your fish who bear the scars of the battle In Freshwater Qt is crazy-cheap--$10 steralite container + $4 filter + $12 airpump + $18 heater-- and yet so many people (including me) skip it :/ My excuse is that I buy from stores which pre-quarantine their fish, but it's still me being sloppy and taking risks. I hope from now on your quarantine setup does its job, and the rest of your fish remain healthy.

 

Thanks! I now keep my QT running 24/7.I really don`t use it for infections because I`m of the opinion that you should treat that at it`s source.

 

Thanks! I now keep my QT running 24/7.I really don`t use it for infections because I`m of the opinion that you should treat that at it`s source.

So sorry for your losses, and your fish who bear the scars of the battle In Freshwater Qt is crazy-cheap--$10 steralite container + $4 filter + $12 airpump + $18 heater-- and yet so many people (including me) skip it :/ My excuse is that I buy from stores which pre-quarantine their fish, but it's still me being sloppy and taking risks. I hope from now on your quarantine setup does it's job, and the rest of your fish remain healthy.

I learned the hard way,in the regard to adding new fish. My new arrivals spend about a month in time out before moving on.

Thank you all, I completely agree with the fact it should be used at the beginning of the fishes time with you! I now have mine running, its only a 10g, but I am buying baby fish so it really doesn't matter the size of the tank.

 

So sorry for your losses, and your fish who bear the scars of the battle In Freshwater Qt is crazy-cheap--$10 steralite container + $4 filter + $12 airpump + $18 heater-- and yet so many people (including me) skip it :/ My excuse is that I buy from stores which pre-quarantine their fish, but it's still me being sloppy and taking risks. I hope from now on your quarantine setup does its job, and the rest of your fish remain healthy.

I'm the same exact way. I have set up QT tanks in the past before to make an attempt to do things the right way, but then I just end up stocking the tank with new fish and BOOM, a new tank is born.

 

I'm the same exact way. I have set up QT tanks in the past before to make an attempt to do things the right way, but then I just end up stocking the tank with new fish and BOOM, a new tank is born.

LOL....I've been fighting the urge to do this very thing! I keep thinking that my 10 gallong qt/hospital tank would look so awesome with a wad of male guppies or a planted betta tank. My husband would probably have something to say at that point. So far he just rolls his eyes. Often.

 

LOL....I've been fighting the urge to do this very thing! I keep thinking that my 10 gallong qt/hospital tank would look so awesome with a wad of male guppies or a planted betta tank. My husband would probably have something to say at that point. So far he just rolls his eyes. Often.

Oh man, a planted 10 gallon betta tank? Sorry, but the current QT setup has to go