The cons of quarantine

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Northernseacorals

To think $24 worth of Prodibio Startup would have saved that fishes life.

Tank was setup with 30 pounds of cured live rock, so I'm not sure what magic juice would have done to help. The wrasse at the store in a 5 year old tank also died, probably wouldn't have helped there either.

[Northernseacorals]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Tank was setup with 30 pounds of cured live rock, so I'm not sure what magic juice would have done to help. The wrasse at the store in a 5 year old tank also died, probably wouldn't have helped there either.

You ought to give it an honest try Brad, would have totally stabilized the tank for you mate.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Northernseacorals

You ought to give it an honest try Brad, would have totally stabilized the tank for you mate.

It's not a product line I'm interested in using. But the day after the wrasse died, I added other fish which have done fine, so the suspicion I had that the tank wasn't ready wasn't founded. Leopard wrasses are just more delicate than I had thought. Of three black ones, 2 died here a few weeks apart, the third in a 5yr+ tank at the LFS also died, so I'm confident that it's not a tank/water quality issue. My tank also housed SPS shortly after the wrasse and it's all doing fine, polyps out, encrusting, etc.
My mistake was over estimating their toughness. I think.

[howdy20012002]

a tank setup with 30 lbs of cured rock and an improvished sandbed is more than ample to quarantine a tiny leopard wrasse.
Wrasses are notoriously bad at dying regardless of where they are put, what you have in the tank, or any additives you may add.
I blame the fish, not the owner.