squirrilah fish
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That's a tough one, because it's not an ideal situation.
Id get them all in the 36 to begin with, and you could start moving guys over to the 75 the next day. Just keep in mind it's a gamble either way.
If you have one sick fish in the new batch, then all 8 new fish could get sick.
If you put a sick fish in the show tank than the fish you already have could get sick.
These are precautions, good chance you'll get 8 healthy fish, but it happens.
I skipped quarantine on my $65 Itungi, because he looked really good, but he ended up having Ich. And I infected my whole tank.
Ideally you want to isolate each fish, but in this case id isolate the new fish first, and rule them healthy one by one.
But definitely don't want to put the water they arrive in in your tank.
Id get them all in the 36 to begin with, and you could start moving guys over to the 75 the next day. Just keep in mind it's a gamble either way.
If you have one sick fish in the new batch, then all 8 new fish could get sick.
If you put a sick fish in the show tank than the fish you already have could get sick.
These are precautions, good chance you'll get 8 healthy fish, but it happens.
I skipped quarantine on my $65 Itungi, because he looked really good, but he ended up having Ich. And I infected my whole tank.
Ideally you want to isolate each fish, but in this case id isolate the new fish first, and rule them healthy one by one.
But definitely don't want to put the water they arrive in in your tank.