Sick fish....QT tanks and the headaches... how do you cope?

[Myka]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

No sir I am right about this that Prime dissipate in about 24 hours: "Prime dissipates from your system within 24 hours"

You've taken that out of context. Once Prime has bound NH3 into NH4 it doesn't dissipate back to NH3. Excess Prime that has not bound to NH3 will dissipate.

Originally Posted by Hustler

Well my main issue that ive come across is when people say the fish should be added at the same time or they will fight.... But then say your adding too many fish at once... One by One they will fight and die... all together its too fast on the system???

If everything was "perfect" you would have a different quarantine tank for each fish, but that's unlikely. You can quarantine many different kinds of fish together provided you buy a few compatible fish at a time. Make sure the size of the quarantine matches the number, size, and type(!) of fish. Long narrow tank make better quarantines if you are going to quarantine multiple fish at a time because they can maintain a distance from each other. A 45 gallon tank would probably be suitable for many of the fish you are planning to get, but bigger or more active fish (like large Tangs) would need something bigger. You can also use egg crate to make dividers. In a tank your size, you could easily add 2-4 fish at a time depending on the size of the fish. Use water from the display for the quarantine tank to save on the cost of salt. You can keep "old" water from water changes in a barrel, just pour it through a filter sock and use it within a couple weeks.