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Originally Posted by MammothReefer
Eh, and what happens when you get a fish and a coral at the same time? Do you setup 2 QTs? What happens when you get a fish, and then another fish 3 weeks later. Do you setup 3 Qts, or just keep plopping fish in the same QT extending the amount of time you QT your fish for into you end up with a FOWLR for a half year. When it comes to price/delicacy. For as long as I've been keeping reefs/fish it's been pretty much a general rule the more expensive the fish is typically the more delicate they are. 2$ Damsel... 600$ Angel.
But like I said, ICH shouldn't be an issue as long as your water parameters are on par, you've picked a healthy fish to begin with, and you keep it well fed and in a stable safe environment.
Really how many of you "experienced reefers" have lost a fish to ich since you cut your teeth? While I have yet to see ICH in my current system, in my old 500 my tangs would show a little ich now and then, but they were well fed and lived until I tore down and sold the systems off. It never presented it's self as an issue.
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Ich is not your major concern.
Read the forums long enough, and you'll see the occassional "all my fish are dying shortly after a new purchase" threads.
My fish are my pets, and I would never risk their exposure to velvet, especially when a nice QT can be set up for $100 or so.
Not to mention a QT tank serves several other purposes.