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03-06-2008, 08:59 PM
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Quarentine
When adding your first fish to the tank, is it nessasary to quarentine that fish?
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03-06-2008, 10:28 PM
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03-06-2008, 10:50 PM
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If Im reading this correct, this is the first fish going into your display tank?
If so, then absolutely. Every fish from the first to the last you add to your display get QT'd. Its a simple way to never introduce parasites and disease to your display tank. Why take a chance. Not fair to your fish.
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03-07-2008, 02:25 AM
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Whole purpose of quarantining fish is to keep any possible parasite, disease etc out of the display. Treating within the tank is possible but could be harder (or not as effective) or depending on method kill the other inhabitants.
It's not that hard to set up a QT.
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03-07-2008, 03:02 AM
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is there a thread on setting up a QT tank? i have a 25 G that i am thinking of as i am upgrading my 25G tall FW to a 35 G long.
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03-07-2008, 05:41 AM
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Put and HOB filter on the display tank and fill with filter media. After it picks up enough bacteria, use it on your QT set up. Try not having anything permanant and porous in a QT setup, because any medications you use might leach in.
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03-10-2008, 01:25 AM
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I have a knee high panty hose filled with floss that hangs on the pipe coming into my sump (forgot what it's called, I'm pooped
 ) that way whenever I need to set up a QT I use that floss in the filter and voila! It will already be full of bacteria and pods!
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03-10-2008, 01:29 AM
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By the way adding your first fish to the display without quaranting is like playing Russian Roulette, chances are you will infect your whole tank and then you'll have to leave it empty for 4-8 weeks! Really a drag!
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