Quarantine ..... Do you or don't you?

2pts · #1 01-01-2011, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by intarsiabox

I don't and so far have never had a diseased fish in my tank. I suppose quarentining would be the smart thing to do. But IMO a lot of diseases are brought on by stress that decreases a fishes immune system to fight of diseases that and it could normally take care of naturally. I think the fish will be less stressed in a good sized established tank. So far my theory has worked for me.

That's my theory too, my only exception was when I got my copperband butterfly. He had ich showing so I did freshwater dips and treated him with medicine. I Quarantined him for less than a week, but more so I didn't introduce the medicine to the display.

I did not quarantine my hippo tang, 2 days later he showed signs of ich, but it weant away after 2 more days. I contribute the disappearance of the ich to less stress (he did not get bullied at all) and to a lesser extent my cleaner wrasse.

marie · #2 01-01-2011, 07:11 PM

After losing half my fish to Marine Velvet I quarantine all fish. Right now I have a 60g cube set up with live rock and sand, new fish go in there for a minimum of 6 weeks. If they show any sign of disease they go into a 20g hospital tank to be treated.

globaldesigns · #3 01-01-2011, 07:28 PM

I don't and agree with the statements of the others that also don't

dsaundry · #4 01-31-2011, 11:06 PM

I have and haven't- Depends on the situation, both mine and the fish's. I haven't for quite a while now and so far so good.

Midway · #5 01-31-2011, 11:21 PM

When I started out with this expensive hobby...lol I lost almost all my fish to ick. So since then, I started to QT all my new fish, well if I buy the fish from any store, I QT, if I buy a fish from some of the guys here, I don't QT them bacause I know those fishes come in healthly already. I have a small 10 gal. tank that I use for QT. the tank only comes to live when I QT some fish, otherwise its stays off.

Cal_stir · #6 01-01-2011, 07:30 PM

Yes, I quarantine everything for at least 14 days, but made the mistake of quarantining a fish with corals, the fish had ich and was hospitalized, the corals had to wait 45 days to be sure the ich had cycled thru.