Purple firefish tick me off!!!! - Page 2

aschroeder · 07/23/2007, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Redbellyjx
this may sound dumb, but are your QT tanks attached to your display tank or are they seperate systems all together?

The purpose of the QT is to separate it from the main tank to prevent disease spread. So you wouldn't want it attached to the display tank system since these parasites are free swiming in the water.

Grins · 07/23/2007, 02:47 PM

Separate systems. You can also tear them down when not in use.

WinnipegDragon · 07/23/2007, 02:55 PM

Separate! Otherwise, whatever parasites/disease/etc you have int he QT will go right into the display.

talon4x4 · 07/23/2007, 04:15 PM

Not to hijack the thread but do people generally QT everything (coral, inverts, LR, etc) or just fish???

Grins · 07/23/2007, 04:37 PM

You should QT anything live.

ahullsb · 07/23/2007, 05:44 PM

If you are going to qt, you might as well qt everything or it is pointless IMO. Most people seem to only qt fish, but anything can bring parasite or disease into your tank, including corals and rock.

Justin James · 07/23/2007, 06:11 PM

Thanks for the tank offer Kat but I found an old 10 gallon I had tucked under my steps. I might try and catch it and toss it in. I put my last Purple firefish in QT and it didn't do any good. That particular parasite was very strong and I tried manually removing it with tweezers, freshwater dips, and meds but nothing worked.

07/23/2007, 02:47 PM	#27
Grins Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 735	Separate systems. You can also tear them down when not in use. __________________ R.A.S.O.C. : Reef Aquarium Society of Charlotte Current Tank Info: 55g mixed reef

07/23/2007, 02:55 PM	#28
WinnipegDragon Canuckian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Winnipeg, MB Posts: 1,276	Separate! Otherwise, whatever parasites/disease/etc you have int he QT will go right into the display. __________________ Working on a neeew tank! http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=25596043

07/23/2007, 04:37 PM	#30
Grins Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 735	You should QT anything live. __________________ R.A.S.O.C. : Reef Aquarium Society of Charlotte Current Tank Info: 55g mixed reef

07/23/2007, 05:44 PM	#31
ahullsb Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: sacramento, ca Posts: 2,729	If you are going to qt, you might as well qt everything or it is pointless IMO. Most people seem to only qt fish, but anything can bring parasite or disease into your tank, including corals and rock. __________________ Andy Sacramento, CA Current Tank Info: 55 gallon reef w/20 gallon sump/ER135/ 75 pounds of live rock, 4 in sandbed, 2 b&w ocellaris clowns, yellow watchman/pistol, rosy scaled wrasse, Mystery wrasse, Copperbanded Butterfly, Lighting 48" outer orbit 2 150 mh/ 4 t5 actinics

07/23/2007, 04:15 PM	#29
talon4x4 Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,559	Not to hijack the thread but do people generally QT everything (coral, inverts, LR, etc) or just fish???

07/23/2007, 06:11 PM	#32
Justin James Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NS, Canada Posts: 510	Thanks for the tank offer Kat but I found an old 10 gallon I had tucked under my steps. I might try and catch it and toss it in. I put my last Purple firefish in QT and it didn't do any good. That particular parasite was very strong and I tried manually removing it with tweezers, freshwater dips, and meds but nothing worked.