Komodo
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Do you quarantine your new fish before introducing them in a new tank?
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Do you quarantine your new fish before introducing them in a new tank?
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If it's the first fish going into your display tank, I'd say it's optional. If not, I strongly recommend quarantining.
I used to not quarantine and, outside of two sick fish that didn't make it, I got away with it with limited damage. That said, I definitely quarantine now. And based upon my previous experience, six weeks is the minimum quarantine time that I do.
Do you quarantine your new fish before introducing them in a new tank?
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Hello Kom...
I never have in 11 years. If you do a good job of selecting your fish and keep your own tanks spotlessly clean, a quarantine tank is unnecessary. Active fish at the pet store with good body and color are very unlikely to transmit a disease to a well cared for, healthy fish in your home tank.
B
this sounds reasonable to me also, if anything i would add a inline uv just to be sure and help with algae
Hello Kom...
I never have in 11 years. If you do a good job of selecting your fish and keep your own tanks spotlessly clean, a quarantine tank is unnecessary. Active fish at the pet store with good body and color are very unlikely to transmit a disease to a well cared for, healthy fish in your home tank.
B
+1, perfect answer all around.If it's the first fish going into your display tank, I'd say it's optional. If not, I strongly recommend quarantining.
I used to not quarantine and, outside of two sick fish that didn't make it, I got away with it with limited damage. That said, I definitely quarantine now. And based upon my previous experience, six weeks is the minimum quarantine time that I do.
This hobby can be addicting. Hopefully your supply of kids will hold up for a while.I’m starting from scratch with my new cichlid aquarium, 104 gallons. I had to sell one of my kids to by the stuff, and I’m not done yet.
This is called luck. Fish can look fine in a tank at the store and still be carrying a parasite. I do agree that being careful about where you buy from and carefully reviewing the behavior of all the fish in the tank(and any other tank connected to the water system) will greatly reduce the chance of bringing home a sick fish.I never have in 11 years. If you do a good job of selecting your fish and keep your own tanks spotlessly clean, a quarantine tank is unnecessary. Active fish at the pet store with good body and color are very unlikely to transmit a disease to a well cared for, healthy fish in your home tank.
What is an inline UV?
Hello Kom...
I never have in 11 years. If you do a good job of selecting your fish and keep your own tanks spotlessly clean, a quarantine tank is unnecessary. Active fish at the pet store with good body and color are very unlikely to transmit a disease to a well cared for, healthy fish in your home tank.
B
Hello Kom...
I never have in 11 years. If you do a good job of selecting your fish and keep your own tanks spotlessly clean, a quarantine tank is unnecessary. Active fish at the pet store with good body and color are very unlikely to transmit a disease to a well cared for, healthy fish in your home tank.
B