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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2012 14:45:55 GMT -5
My hippo looking bad a couple weeks ago made me start thinking about a QT tank. Who runs one? It seems the majority of hobbyists don’t bother… for those people, what is your reasoning? Just curious.
With Petco having the dollar per gallon sale, it seems like it might be a good time for me to start one up... my issue is that I already have a full bio load, meaning QT-ing fish on an individual basis would be pretty difficult at this point (simultaneously running 5 different QT systems is not in the cards… no space!) Any suggestions? Will be adding a Mandarin at some point in the new year and want to try and be cautious.
Go Pats!
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Post by seamonkey84 on Dec 30, 2012 14:52:06 GMT -5
QT is for new fish before they go into main tank, and I QT everything. If you have ich in your system, and want to clear it, you'll have to remove all the fish for at least 4-6 weeks. All your existing fish can go into one hospital tank, it doesn't need to be size of display, just have to do frequent water changes while treating them.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2012 15:06:06 GMT -5
QT is for new fish before they go into main tank Yes, my concern is that QT-ing new arrivals won't make a ton of sense if none of the current fish in the DT were ever QT'd... hopefully that makes sense haha. For example, if my Hippo has ich, QTing a new Mandarin will of course have some benefits (training it to accept food, etc), but the Mandarin would still be susceptible to whatever parasites/ich might be in my DT... If you have ich in your system, and want to clear it, you'll have to remove all the fish for at least 4-6 weeks. this is something I'm considering, but I would need to find a strategic/reasonable way to go about it as I have a large bio load... I think my 3 tangs will be pissed off if they have to share a 20g, even if it's only for a few weeks. I don't want to stress them. All your existing fish can go into one hospital tank, it doesn't need to be size of display, just have to do frequent water changes while treating them. I've read a lot about keeping fish on their own inside a QT and hospital tank. Thoughts? Do you QT your corals, anemones and inverts as well? Thanks for your reply. |
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Post by zeeb on Jan 2, 2013 17:58:55 GMT -5
I quarantine everything that goes in to my main tank - rocks, coral, inverts, fish. I have different protocols depending on what is being quarantined.
For instance, I quarantine fish for 10 weeks and do a combination of observation, rest, tank transfer method and PraziPro during that time. There is no ich in my tank and I hope there never will be.
My QT is a simple 10 gallon with sponge filter, heater and frequent water changes. I feed daily and suck up the poop daily. Currently I have 1 fish in QT with 3 weeks left to go.
10 weeks might seem like a lot but the peace of mind knowing that I've done what I can do to have healthy fish is worth it!
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Post by gotareef on Jan 2, 2013 20:17:35 GMT -5
I dont bother to qt anymore, my experience is it stress the fish more.
between shipping then sitting in a lfs tank then transporting the fish home... that is allot of stress! then putting the fish back in a small tank treating with more stressful chemicals....
I try to skip all that I give every new fish a formalin dip then into the display it goes
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Jan 2, 2013 20:21:10 GMT -5
I never bothered to QT anything. At most either of my hippo tangs might have one or two noticeable dots of ick a year and with 4 cleaner shrimp and a low stress environment, it never lasts more than a day.
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