Please read thoroughly, as I'm not looking to start any kind of fight, or he said she said thing !!!
I can introduce you to a whole new world if you're willing. My average FW fish runs about $125 +/-. Currently I'm looking to stock a 265g biotope with a 10g per fish stock rate. At $135/fish, not including shipping, that means at most, I can do 26.5 fish. Keep in mind please, 50% daily WC's. At that rate I'm about $3510.00 worth of specimens. I won't go that high, maybe around 18 to keep it safe for biological reasons. That's only one tank from one supplier. I don't mix my fish from different importers. My other tanks, 2-55's, have fish from two other suppliers and they're about $400--$600 per pair. Those are maxed out at 6 fish each. More easy math is like this. That's $2400.00 per tank. For me, QT is not only essential, but proven.
So alone in those 3 tanks, you have now met, (or at least heard of somebody) that has spent THOUSANDS of dollars on fish. I'm not trying to knock anybody as to what they do, I'm only trying to show what has worked and prove research will pay off. Everyone has their own way. I'm fine with that. Perfectly. But until you begin to invest close to $10,000 in your fish, there's a not so fine line between "old school experience" and "I just read on Google".
It goes back to my other thread I posted called "How Can That Be". Without those that have dedicated years of "I killed a fish because.....", many others wouldn't be here to learn from the mistakes of others.
Love to you all !!!!