Qt

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

I know there is another thread going like this but I just wanted to remind everyone that not QTing is not a good idea...Im sooooo frustrated right now and my poor fish are now dealing with my bad judgment.

Make sure you QT...I made the very stupid mistake last week of adding a fish without QT because I bought it from a friend who has had it in his tank for almost a year and claimed his tank is ich free...Well my fish all have ich now and I will have to take them all out of the tank and QT all of them! Im talking about many big fish. So I have to buy several rubbermaids to QT them in and deal with water changes and water quality in all of those rubbermaids for 6-8 weeks now

My point is that if I had just QT'd like I usually do, I would have one small fish in a 10G QT right now for 6-8 weeks...instead I will have many unhappy fish in QT who don't feel very good. This really sucks and I hope people remember to QT and do things right. If not for your sake, for the sake of your fish. I feel so bad for what I am now putting my Puffers through because I figured "well he was in someones tank and looks healthy enough...may as well just get him right in the display"...SOOOO stupid

[Phanman]

Sorry to hear that man... that blows!

Question for ya...

For my new setup im planning to quarantine everything, but not quite sure if my planning is sound or not. So if i get a QT tank and run a skimmer, powerhead, short pvc pieces, and heater will this suffice? I was planning on dosing copper to this tank to kill off any ich and other parasites and quarantine the fish for 6-8 weeks. Now i know this hospital/quarantine tank will never be able to hold a reef tank and thats fine by me. Is there any other precautions i should be taking?

I see Golds has green water for their hospital tanks, but always forget to ask them what they are adding to them.

[ElGuappo]

should you e QTing your inverts as well? is all that is needed for a QT tank jusat the tank heater and skimmer? do you need bio media in your filter? i saw live rock is not suggested. i have not QT anything and after six monthes am noticing ich on one of my true percs. should i QT all my fish at this point? sorry i am a newbie at SW and am always looking for some sound advise.

unfortunatly i dont reallly have room for a qt tank 10 g maybe.

Hope im not encrotching on your thread.

[michika]

Yes, everything should be QTed, although HOW you QT can change with each fish.

Some people QT and do a hyposalinity treatment, others treat with medication. It comes down to what you are QTing. Normally I QT all tangs/angels/etc. however there are some tangs that don't do hyposalinity well, powder blue & brown. As well some fish are such picky eaters that a traditional QT might not be for them, e.g. Copperband Butterflies.

A 10g tank is fine, its what I use for my nano. Just be aware that sometimes a 10g is too small for 6-8 weeks.

[ElGuappo]

i am not liking my 25 g fw right now as it is tall and i would prefer long. thinking of using this. finding room may be an issue as i want to get a 33 long for my barbs. it sin my BR and would be willing to move a book shelf to keep the 25 if it wouldnt make too much noise. not too worried about the wieght as it is on second level but the wall its on is above anther wall. the cost is my issue right now as this would mean i would have to by another skimmer, heater, chiller?, pump, powerhead.

[michika]

To QT? I just run mine with a couple of power heads for flow, a heater, a piece of PVC pipe for a hiding place, and a HOB skimmer with some PC lights. It was a cheap set up, and I could go without the skimmer, and just to manual water changes everyweek.