Evo Quarantine tank positives and negatives?

[jezz2001uk]

I have just upgraded from the Fluval Evo 13 G and I was thinking of putting some new fish in the upgrade to enable quarantine proceedings before moving my current Cardinal and Randall or would I be better moving my current fish to the upgraded display and using the fluval as a bare bottomed quarantine tank?

Ive a longhorned cow fish on order and would hate to stress him out in such a small quarantine environment as the fluval and this is why I thought adding him to the new display before any other fish would be a better option but now i am unsure there are so many different posts on quarantine proceedings.

Do I need to treat them in quarantine regardless or can I just keep an eye on them and treat if necessary?

What are the negative of a quarantine tank?

 

[TX_REEF]

if you are going to commit to using a QT, you should quarantine every new addition. Downsides are obviously some larger fish won't appreciate being in a small tank, and you have to wait to add your fish to your display. If you're patient and set up the QT properly, there's no real downside.

 

[Spare time]

That tank size is fine for quarantining if the fish arrive small. Follow the QT guide by Jay Hemdal on this website and it should be good.

 

[jezz2001uk]

That tank size is fine for quarantining if the fish arrive small. Follow the QT guide by Jay Hemdal on this website and it should be good.

Thank you, do you have a link to that post or how to find it?

 

[Spare time]

Thank you, do you have a link to that post or how to find it?

Here ya go!

Current Quarantine Protocol

2024 Quarantine Procedures Jay Hemdal David Scarborough Protozoans (Cryptocaryon/ich, Amyloodinium/velvet) and Metazoan trematodes/flukes are by far the most common parasites found on newly acquired fish. A carefully managed, proactive quarantine process can effectively eliminate these...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[JZ199]

As much as I would love to put them directly into my display tank, god forbid your new fish has something and you put him into your newly set up display tank, now your display tank could be riddled with disease and unable to have any fish at all. I would put your current healthy fish in the display and QT in the small tank