Quarantine

[Salinity Now]

Horror stories! Man I've got well, ummmmm, NONE. Thats because I quarantine everything. Thats kinda the point I guess. I have however avoided flat worms, red bugs, zoo eating nudibranchs, ich and possibly a plethora of other shizen that never did make it into my display tank. Grim, no offence taken man, just don't want to see another thread that starts like this.


"Hmmm, I put a new fish in my display tank and now all of my fish have these white dots on them?"

Or like this.

"I've had it with this hobby, I can't seem to keep my fish alive."

Come to the dark side Grim. Set up that quarantine tank.

[Moogled]

What should you look out for when you have things in a QT?

In other words, what are the criterion that you need before putting it in the main display?

[Salinity Now]

What should you look out for when you have things in a QT?

Moog, great question! There's all kinds of things that people look for when either their fish or their coral are in quarantine. Everything from ich to bubble algae. I've placed a few links below to help a brother out when it comes to identifying all those nasty little critters that wreak havoc on a persons tank.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com./mardisindex.htm
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...2003/mini1.htm
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/20...ture/index.php
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...03/feature.htm
http://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=127010
http://www.melevsreef.com/

Happy reading. It'll be worth it when your done.