New Guppies And Quarantine

[Scales9]

We bought some new guppies a few weeks ago and added them to our community tank they bought with them a nasty case of ich, finally the ich has gone but it was not without casualties, we lost 3 guppies and a Molly. So I have set up our 10g and yesterday we bought 3 new guppies, my question is how long should I keep them in the 10 g before moving them to the big tank, would 2 weeks be enough.They all look happy and healthy but obviously do not want a repeat of last time.

 

[random919]

2 weeks is a good quarentine time for most animals and fish. They will show signs of illness by then.

 

[Scales9]

Perfect thanks for the reply, do not think my nerves could stand another outbreak of anything in the community tank, bad enough I am watching 2 pregnant guppies like a hawk as well as almost hourly checks on all fish to make sure the ich spots have not returned.

 

[Cazgar]

When looking to buy new fish, spend plenty of time observing them.
Ask the staff about their filter system.
A lot of chain Lfs use a single filter system for all their tanks, so if you see sick fish in one tank, it's likely all the fish could be infected.
A 2 week quarantine should be enough to make sure they're ok

 

[Scales9]

When looking to buy new fish, spend plenty of time observing them.
Ask the staff about their filter system.
A lot of chain Lfs use a single filter system for all their tanks, so if you see sick fish in one tank, it's likely all the fish could be infected.
A 2 week quarantine should be enough to make sure they're ok

Thanks, we have quite a few fish stores around and have bought fish from a few of them without any problems at all in the past, just so happens I guess that our luck ran out so now I am paranoid. The store we bought the guppies from yesterday is a really nice store all the guppies looked amazing even the females were brightly colored not one fish in there looked sick but better to be safe than sorry.