Might have to eat my own words re: quarantine

[Aquattro]

Just did a big water change at lunch, and all the fish seem fine. Even the 2 still in the display are fine. Not sure what's going on.

[christyf5]

Hopefully your quick actions with getting them out and onto meds have stopped whatever was potentially going to happen? Who knows

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by christyf5

Hopefully your quick actions with getting them out and onto meds have stopped whatever was potentially going to happen? Who knows

Ya, but now I'm not sure what to treat for, how long to leave the tank empty, etc. The fish really really want to go home!!

[MKLKT]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Just did a big water change at lunch, and all the fish seem fine. Even the 2 still in the display are fine. Not sure what's going on.

Good to hear.

I sadly lost one more fish, and have started my medication attempt on the remaining ones. The biggest problem is that none of them really have similar symptoms, all the other animals in the tank are fine though.

Lost my snowflake blenny who didn't have any visible symptoms and lost my lemonpeel angel which had an abrasion on one side of its body. Foxface has dots but is otherwise acting normal and one domino damsel has lost most of its colour but is behaving mostly normal. The rest seem to be fine but it doesn't look like anything that would have been prevented by quarantine or other means.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by MKLKT

but it doesn't look like anything that would have been prevented by quarantine or other means.

I'm in the same position. Even if I had quarantined, I would have put the fish in the main tank after a month. He didn't get sick until 5 or 6 weeks, so this still would have happened.

[Borderjumper]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I'm in the same position. Even if I had quarantined, I would have put the fish in the main tank after a month. He didn't get sick until 5 or 6 weeks, so this still would have happened.

Exactly! And I'm sure the fish was at PR for a week or more being watched.. O add that to the time frame..

I don't know, this really freaks me out, I've never quarentined and have lost a fish here and ther and just chalked it up to the way it is.

I find it so odd that the two fish left in the tank are ok..

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I'm in the same position. Even if I had quarantined, I would have put the fish in the main tank after a month. He didn't get sick until 5 or 6 weeks, so this still would have happened.

yup hard to say what it is if theres no real id who knows if qt would have seen any results, i think your doing the right thing by treating anyways and being cautious when adding your fish back im sure you know but add them 1 every few days or a week so as not to over work your bacteria

glad to hear things never got any worse mancheers

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by reefwars

when adding your fish back im sure you know but add them 1 every few days or a week so as not to over work your bacteria

you've never met me obviously I'm sure they'll ll just go back at once...

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

you've never met me obviously I'm sure they'll ll just go back at once...

sounds like a familiar style lol :P

[George]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I'm in the same position. Even if I had quarantined, I would have put the fish in the main tank after a month. He didn't get sick until 5 or 6 weeks, so this still would have happened.

You can prevent it by doing proper quarantine. Many people quarantine their fish for 2+ months. During this period, many people also do prophylactic treatment. One of my favorite is hypo for 4+ weeks, prazi-pro for a couple weeks, and then a couple weeks of observation.
Fish can live for years. I don't know why we can't wait a couple months before we put them in DT.