Quarantine your fishes?

[joe]

After a recent internal bacteria episode wiped out most of my tetras, I begin to wonder if I should QT fishes Do you guys QT your new fishes? If you do, what and how do you do it? Just get a spare tank, add a simple sponge filter and add the new fishes inside? Monitor for sickness and if 2 weeks (min.) passes without signs of disease, you can safely place them into the main tank?

[michael lai]

Hi Joe,
For me it depends on the source where the fish came from and how fragile is the fish. If it's fragile usually I do some research before commiting. I usually acclimatise them only, 2 hrs temp, 2 hrs water chemistry. But I do have a quarantine 3 footer and a 1 footer for emergencies. I also practise the survival of the fittest theory so actually the tanks are there for future expansion... just joking. But I have encountered disease that have dumbfounded me. The rasbora vaterfloris disease which seems to affect only the rasbora vaterfloris being 1 of them. So the tanks kind of act as my experiment tanks too.
My quarantine tanks are fully equipped, sort of like sick bay for precious fishies.

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And are these tanks run all the time? 24/7 hospital?

I guess I don't need these while I only keep common cheap fish.

[michael lai]

I don't mean it like that Terence. Not the value of the fish but the sentiments attach to it or the group. Harlequins has long hold a special place in my heart, actually all rasboras...Keke. Just ask Nicklaus how long I chase him for the Vaterfloris...HeeHee really brings back memories.

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Ah I must clarify this too... I did not think that way and of course fishes are a life to me too.

[ranmasatome]

Always especially when i get the rarer tetras

[joe]

If you do QT, what do u do for QT?