Quarantine first additions too?

highflyer885 · 05/01/2006, 09:14 AM

Is quarantining neccessary even with the initial introduction of the first fish in a newly setup tank? I have a 35G with a 10G sump that is just being setup......seems like I would need yet another tank if this is the case or can one get around the initial introduction without qt?

Randall_James · 05/01/2006, 09:20 AM

If you are striving for say an "Ich" free tank (and all my tanks are) then YES every item must endure quarantine. (there are a few exceptions of course, Mandarin fish comes to mind)

QT gives you time to assess the health of a new item, lets a new fish adapt to the trauma of transport and eat without competition while it gains stamina back from what must be a terrible experience for a fish.

On that note, I did stock my first Nano without QT and got really lucky initially and then introduced a Royal Gramma that brought in the "Ich" 8 weeks later I had the problem fixed but it was last time I put a new item into an established tank.

adnup · 05/01/2006, 10:03 AM

Try to catch a fish with ich and 100lbs of live rock for him to hide in! Thats what I did before I did the QT.

Also Ich will fall off the fish into the sand bed and multiply then will enter the water column and find a host

aynoT79 · 05/01/2006, 10:07 AM

Dont ick only attack sick and stressed out fish.. I have never Q'd any of my fish and never had a problem with anything.. I guess when it comes to that you win some and loose some.. i just think putting the fish in Q then takin them out would stress them.. to me its better to put them in the tank and leave them...

Just a thought!!!

05/01/2006, 09:14 AM	#1
highflyer885 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Brampton, Ont. Canada Posts: 39	Quarantine first additions too? Is quarantining neccessary even with the initial introduction of the first fish in a newly setup tank? I have a 35G with a 10G sump that is just being setup......seems like I would need yet another tank if this is the case or can one get around the initial introduction without qt?

05/01/2006, 09:20 AM	#2
Randall_James Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,727	If you are striving for say an "Ich" free tank (and all my tanks are) then YES every item must endure quarantine. (there are a few exceptions of course, Mandarin fish comes to mind) QT gives you time to assess the health of a new item, lets a new fish adapt to the trauma of transport and eat without competition while it gains stamina back from what must be a terrible experience for a fish. On that note, I did stock my first Nano without QT and got really lucky initially and then introduced a Royal Gramma that brought in the "Ich" 8 weeks later I had the problem fixed but it was last time I put a new item into an established tank. __________________ "It's a dog eat dog world and I feel like I am wearing milkbone underwear"

05/01/2006, 10:03 AM	#3
adnup Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Spring Hill, Florida Posts: 2,025	Try to catch a fish with ich and 100lbs of live rock for him to hide in! Thats what I did before I did the QT. Also Ich will fall off the fish into the sand bed and multiply then will enter the water column and find a host __________________ A HOUSE isn't a HOME without saltwater on the floor! Current Tank Info: 120 Starphire, I-Tech 200 Skimmer, Snapper, Tunze

05/01/2006, 10:07 AM	#4
aynoT79 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kinston, NC - USA Posts: 51	Dont ick only attack sick and stressed out fish.. I have never Q'd any of my fish and never had a problem with anything.. I guess when it comes to that you win some and loose some.. i just think putting the fish in Q then takin them out would stress them.. to me its better to put them in the tank and leave them... Just a thought!!! __________________ (`'·.¸(`'·.¸¤¸.·'´)¸.·'´) «´¨`·..¤ToNyA¤..·´¨`» (¸.·'´(¸.·'´¤`'·.¸)`'·.¸) Current Tank Info: Beautiful 55 Gallon Salt