Quarantining fish if suspect tank already has ich

[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%.