Beware!

[Congaken]

The biggest danger for a new or old reefers is to ask a question hoping for verification of your own ideas...not really wanting to hear what may disagree with your preconceived notions...in this category is talking yourself into skimping on a new fish's time in QT...I have often done this but at least I get in a good 2 or 3 weeks in copper before giving in to that urge...even now, my tailspot blenny has been 2 weeks in QT...so I'm beginning to rationalize...will I give in?...time will tell...

 

[Duke4Life]

Everytime I do this I look on the disease forum. This stops me everytime.

 

[Congaken]

Everytime I do this I look on the disease forum. This stops me everytime.

Good plan...Duke...

 

[Duke4Life]

Good plan...Duke...

Buddy I know it's tempting, because I have a few fish in quarintine I can't wait til they get out myself. Just wait til you have a bigger tank and have several in qt at once lol

 

[michellejy]

The biggest danger for a new or old reefers is to ask a question hoping for verification of your own ideas...not really wanting to hear what may disagree with your preconceived notions...in this category is talking yourself into skimping on a new fish's time in QT...I have often done this but at least I get in a good 2 or 3 weeks in copper before giving in to that urge...even now, my tailspot blenny has been 2 weeks in QT...so I'm beginning to rationalize...will I give in?...time will tell...

LOL. Mine have been in for 3 1/2 weeks. I am really fighting the urge to move them to my fully cycled DT now because the daily water changes to manage ammonia in QT are getting old fast (The last resident of my fully cycled QT that I planned to move to my DT ended up with brook, so I ended up without a cycled QT or a way to seed a new one safely )

 

[Congaken]

LOL. Mine have been in for 3 1/2 weeks. I am really fighting the urge to move them to my fully cycled DT now because the daily water changes to manage ammonia in QT are getting old fast (The last resident of my fully cycled QT that I planned to move to my DT ended up with brook, so I ended up without a cycled QT or a way to seed a new one safely )

3 1/2 weeks...I would do it if all health looks good and the QT is failing...more chance of problems from a bad QT at this stage...

 

[michellejy]

3 1/2 weeks...I would do it if all health looks good and the QT is failing...more chance of problems from a bad QT at this stage...

Problem is I am keeping DT fallow *just in case* I ended up transferring something from the infected QT to the now cycled DT. I know I moved 2-3 fist sized rocks (before I knew my fish was sick, of course). I just don't know how long the bad stuff will survive without a host, and it makes no sense to go through the quarantine process to ensure healthy fish, just to end up infecting them through my impatience. It's hard though because I know the DT is stable, and I know the QT is not.

 

[Congaken]

Problem is I am keeping DT fallow *just in case* I ended up transferring something from the infected QT to the now cycled DT. I know I moved 2-3 fist sized rocks (before I knew my fish was sick, of course). I just don't know how long the bad stuff will survive without a host, and it makes no sense to go through the quarantine process to ensure healthy fish, just to end up infecting them through my impatience. It's hard though because I know the DT is stable, and I know the QT is not.

Ask one of the experts under fish health...they probably will have your answer...

 

[michellejy]

Ask one of the experts under fish health...they probably will have your answer...

Yeah, they recommended 11 weeks fallow *just in case* there was something other than brook. Brook is supposed to last no more than 6 weeks. I know there wasn't any signs of ich, so I am just going to be patient for now unless the quarantine stress starts to outweigh any potential DT negatives :/