Quarantining fish if suspect tank already has ich

[Keri]

I'd QT it....it may have something other than ich

[marie]

I quarantine for more reasons then to get rid of ick. I have a big tank with a couple of very active, aggressive fish and everything I get has travelled at least 6hrs in a bag (usually 24hrs). If I were to dump a fish directly into the display I'd probably never see it again.
My quarantine tank has subdued lighting and is in a room that only I go into. The fish has a chance to settle, check out his surroundings and to gain some much needed fighting weight before being tossed into the lions. I also get a chance to look at my purchase and ooh and ahh over it, it could still disappear in the display never to be seen again but at least I've had 6 weeks of quality time with it before it disappears

My achilles, the regal angel and the copperband all went through quarantine and I believe they are all the better for it

[heyfredyourhat]

I put a tang in QT last weekend, showed signs of HLLE, so i said screw it and into the DT he went. I pulled him out 2 days later because he looked like he was rolling in the sand, covered in white spots. He will be in my QT for at least 6 weeks. If any of my other fish (2 clowns and a foxface) shows signs of ich in the time the tang is in QT, then i will pull them out and have a very expensive fish tank with no fish, and a bunch of crappy smaller tanks with one fish each!

I dont think a QT is too big of a deal, simple HOB filter and a heater and a small PH and bam there ya go. I was worried at first that my new fish would be stressed out more being in the QT, but he has been in for 4 days and he has settled in nicely.

Also, it is a royal PIA to pull a fish out of a tank with out traps or baited hooks! So from now nothing goes into my tank unless its 100%.