Do You Qaurantine Your Fish?

[cheesy feet]

SO do you?¬!

Lets say maybe means sometimes aswell lol.

 

[MojoDex]

it all depends, if the fish is big i cant as my quarantine tank is kinda small and pathetic so i just have to be careful. same with sensitive fish i dont want to run the risk of moving them more than i have to. if its a species tank again i dont bother they cant pass anything onto fish that arnt there can they.

actually i think i should of clicked on no now

 

[severum boy]

I don't bother. I try to only buy hardy fish that can withstand disease and check stock carefully.
I have only quarantined one fish just to take him from the brackish water he was living in in the shop to fresh at my house. But im not counting that .

 

[Tolak]

All the time, even from breeders I know. A 10 gallon, heater, and sponge filter will set you back less than $30. Used is around half that price.

 

[Danno]

I only quarantine fish that are sick...

 

[MojoDex]

All the time, even from breeders I know. A 10 gallon, heater, and sponge filter will set you back less than $30. Used is around half that price.

maybe stateside yes but over here we will pay more than that for the tank alone unless we want to get it online then the postage will kill us

 

[Tolak]

Remember that a quar setup doesn't have to include a glass tank, a large Rubbermaid or other container works just as well.

 

[Don Trinko]

Most of my tanks only have 1 species and I buy them all at the same time from a proven source.
When I buy from the lfs I plan on QT and/or theating the tank for ick. Don T.

 

[dthoffsett]

I have ever since I lost 13 fish in 24hours on a tank where I had added new fish 5 days before. While I was never able to conclusively determine if the new fish brought some disease, I decided to quarantine all new fish.

 

[vinylman]

No room for a Q tank, unfortunately, but I was given a tip by a former work colleague who used to breed and show award winning Kribs. Whenever buying fish, put a couple of drops of Protozin in the bag before it's tied up. Get home, put the fish in a bucket with another few drops, then take as long as possible to acclimatise them to your tank water. I usually take around 1 1/2 hours to acclimatise them in the bucket. It may be coincidence, but since I started doing that I've not had problems with any fish.

 

[cheesy feet]

Come on peeps, theres loads more out there who have not voted!

 

[K.J.]

No; usually I don't have a tank to do it. But I will when I stock my 30 gallon, unless I just use it for bettas.

 

[Bignose]

No room for a Q tank, unfortunately, but I was given a tip by a former work colleague who used to breed and show award winning Kribs. Whenever buying fish, put a couple of drops of Protozin in the bag before it's tied up. Get home, put the fish in a bucket with another few drops, then take as long as possible to acclimatise them to your tank water. I usually take around 1 1/2 hours to acclimatise them in the bucket. It may be coincidence, but since I started doing that I've not had problems with any fish.

I think that it is coincidence without a doubt. A few hours is not enough to kill ich for instance, since it spends most of its lifecycle in a stage that is immune to all medications.

I quarantine every time. For at least 3 weeks, maybe 4 or 5. It has paid off, too. The only incidence of ich I have ever had was in my quaratine tank, and the fish didn't show any symptoms for about a week. If I had put those fish directly in the main tank, the entire main tank would have been infected. But, I only had to treat the fish in the q-tank. Quarantining will keep a very large number of diseases out of the main tank, if you do it, and if you do it long enough.

 

[vinylman]

I'm sure it at least calms them down for the trip home; less stress the better, that's probably half the battle.

 

[Yazan]

I get mines done already from the LFS. And if you say that they can't be done at a LFS well here they qaurantine the fish before adding it to the sale tank.