Help With Quarantine Tank...

eisaiasjr · 03/04/2008, 08:45 PM

Hello:

I was wondering how long everyone quarantines their fish before they release it to their main tanks.

I need to stock my main tank and I have my quarantine ready, but I am wondering how long I should leave the fish there...

Regards,

Estefano

Aquarist007 · 03/04/2008, 09:02 PM

two to four weeks with no sign of ich or other disease

if ich develops bring down the salinity of the qt to 1.009 for 4 weeks

kevin2000 · 03/04/2008, 09:31 PM

I would recommend QTing each fish for at least 4 weeks ... no exceptions.

QTing one or two fish cost little and is a minor inconvenience - if you don't QT on the front end and find a problem later your forced to place every fish in your show tank in a QT (quite a challenge for those with large show tanks) and then leave your show tank without fish for about 5 weeks. PIA is an understatement.

stingythingy45 · 03/04/2008, 09:57 PM

I did it for 7 weeks and beat Ich....well won a battle anyways.
I can sorley say that it's definitely a PIA!

tmz · 03/04/2008, 11:51 PM

Four weeks minimum symptom free. Don't shortcut. I've had fish in qt for three weeks and decided ok time to move only to witness an infestation . Hang with qt for at least four weeks and create a cmfortable environment for the specimen(s) you are kepping in qt.

03/04/2008, 08:45 PM	#1
eisaiasjr Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Miami Beach, FL Posts: 421	Help With Quarantine Tank... Hello: I was wondering how long everyone quarantines their fish before they release it to their main tanks. I need to stock my main tank and I have my quarantine ready, but I am wondering how long I should leave the fish there... Regards, Estefano

03/04/2008, 09:02 PM	#2
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	two to four weeks with no sign of ich or other disease if ich develops bring down the salinity of the qt to 1.009 for 4 weeks __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

03/04/2008, 09:31 PM	#3
kevin2000 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,805	I would recommend QTing each fish for at least 4 weeks ... no exceptions. QTing one or two fish cost little and is a minor inconvenience - if you don't QT on the front end and find a problem later your forced to place every fish in your show tank in a QT (quite a challenge for those with large show tanks) and then leave your show tank without fish for about 5 weeks. PIA is an understatement. Last edited by kevin2000; 03/04/2008 at 09:37 PM.

03/04/2008, 09:57 PM	#4
stingythingy45 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: MA Posts: 3,296	I did it for 7 weeks and beat Ich....well won a battle anyways. I can sorley say that it's definitely a PIA! __________________ Bob Current Tank Info: 90 gallon,mixed Reef,2-250 watt Optix 3 pendants(Phoenix 14K)2-54 watt T5 Super actnics ,ASM G-2 Gate/recirc mods,70 gal. basement sump,20L ref

03/04/2008, 11:51 PM	#5
tmz ReefKeeping Mag staff Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: West Seneca NY Posts: 27,691	Four weeks minimum symptom free. Don't shortcut. I've had fish in qt for three weeks and decided ok time to move only to witness an infestation . Hang with qt for at least four weeks and create a cmfortable environment for the specimen(s) you are kepping in qt. __________________ Tom Current Tank Info: Tank of the Month , November 2011 : 600gal integrated system: 3 display tanks (120 g, 90g, 89g),several frag/grow out tanks, macroalgae refugia, cryptic zones. 40+ fish, seahorses, sps,lps,leathers, zoanthidae and non photosynthetic corals.