How many people quarantine
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fishlover1478
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I don't plan to going to buy from tsm and quarantined aquatics
edit: I will quarantine corals, inverts, and macroalgae
edit: I will quarantine corals, inverts, and macroalgae
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UkiahTheTurtle
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Same I never have i just don't have the space
WallyB
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I used to be a Risk Taker. Never did quarentine, just the proper acclimation to reduce fish stress.
I got away with taking risks for 10 years+. LUCKY ME eh?
Built up some nice fish stock and the fish grew up under my care.
The fish became very used to me and vise versa. I got attached to them....Especially my Powder Blue Tang.
Nothing went wrong even during, minor mishaps, power failures, tank tear downs and rebuilds.
THEN ONE Day, I had a freak accident and lost a one clown from a Pair.
The other clown instantly got lethargic. Kind of depressed.
I rushed to get a replacement clown to make him/her happy.
Found a perfect match and tossed him in to join the other Clown. (no QT).
That's when my years of luck ended, to become the worst experience of my Life in this hobby.
One by one the fish started dieing. I had no experience on disease recognition, to react fast.
I had no QT or Hospital setup to remove or treat fish. No meds.
Sure I reached out for help and got plenty from the forums.
The disease looked to be Velvet.
Fish kept dieing, one by one.
Watching the Slow Suffering Deaths of my Fish was devastating.
My heart broke when my Buddy of 10 years.... the Powder Blue Tang started dying.
He was last to die since the Largest and strongest fish. I learned a lesson I wish I didn't have to learn.
The tank had to go into Fallow for 3 months and eventually I did get fish again.
I now QT each and every time. Even from stores that Treat Fish with Meds.
It saved me already twice since I caught a disease that I didn't introduce to my Healthy Tanks.
I have 3 Tanks and on occasion I've moved fish between them, with confidence I have clean stock.
Point is....If you have one fish, QT may not be needed as much.
The loss and pain increases as you build up a healthy stock of fish.
Just search on the Forum under fish Disease. Read the reactions and feelings people go thru when things go bad (not doing QT).
You'll get a feeling what it's like.
It's personal decision you have the right to do as you wish. This risk is yours.
Just be aware, when your luck runs out, you may regret it Big Time like I did.
I got away with taking risks for 10 years+. LUCKY ME eh?
Built up some nice fish stock and the fish grew up under my care.
The fish became very used to me and vise versa. I got attached to them....Especially my Powder Blue Tang.
Nothing went wrong even during, minor mishaps, power failures, tank tear downs and rebuilds.
THEN ONE Day, I had a freak accident and lost a one clown from a Pair.
The other clown instantly got lethargic. Kind of depressed.
I rushed to get a replacement clown to make him/her happy.
Found a perfect match and tossed him in to join the other Clown. (no QT).
That's when my years of luck ended, to become the worst experience of my Life in this hobby.
One by one the fish started dieing. I had no experience on disease recognition, to react fast.
I had no QT or Hospital setup to remove or treat fish. No meds.
Sure I reached out for help and got plenty from the forums.
The disease looked to be Velvet.
Fish kept dieing, one by one.
Watching the Slow Suffering Deaths of my Fish was devastating.
My heart broke when my Buddy of 10 years.... the Powder Blue Tang started dying.
He was last to die since the Largest and strongest fish. I learned a lesson I wish I didn't have to learn.
The tank had to go into Fallow for 3 months and eventually I did get fish again.
I now QT each and every time. Even from stores that Treat Fish with Meds.
It saved me already twice since I caught a disease that I didn't introduce to my Healthy Tanks.
I have 3 Tanks and on occasion I've moved fish between them, with confidence I have clean stock.
Point is....If you have one fish, QT may not be needed as much.
The loss and pain increases as you build up a healthy stock of fish.
Just search on the Forum under fish Disease. Read the reactions and feelings people go thru when things go bad (not doing QT).
You'll get a feeling what it's like.
It's personal decision you have the right to do as you wish. This risk is yours.
Just be aware, when your luck runs out, you may regret it Big Time like I did.
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If you have the space, fish QT is a prudent step to take .... and not just for disease. I don’t QT corals, but I do isolate them in my connected frag tank for a few weeks in order to catch anything problematic.
Tcook
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Similar experience as WallyB. Did well for years. Then lost a flame wrasse, rhomboid, flame angel, chevron tang, hipo, lineatus, anthias within a week. I QT (or TSM) all fish and dip all corals now.
ShepherdReefer
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I have both quarantined and did not quarantine.
shnapper20
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my last 2 tanks dipped than dropped both tanks suffered from ich velvet aptaisia, my latest tank everything will be quarantined
chousecat
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I don’t but when I have my own place (live with my parents) I will set one up for both fish and corals. Besides dipping and observing for pests, I want a separate system for coral qt so I can observe if they come with small aiptasia. I’m dealing with aiptasia now and I hate it
Sixty7x
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I didn't in the past (15 years ago) and was fortunate to not have any major issues. Got back into the hobby just over a year ago and I QT everything. It's definitely an entire new way to view the hobby. I'd say there's probably more time invested in the QT process than regular maintenance. Well, at least for me right now. Getting a tank up and running with QT certainly requires more patience.
Bossman
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I'd like to see a poll reflecting how many losses there are in a QT. I regularly see posts of fish dying in QT usually under medication. A stressed fish put under medication when it isn't needed may be too much for the fish.
I do think if you have the spare tank that observation in a QT would be a good thing. With only medicating if needed. My QT tank lasted about a month and then became a DT. I do have a small tank with available live rock so that I can throw together a hospital tank if needed. I have used it a couple of times on new arrivals that did not appear as healthy as I think they should have.
I do think if you have the spare tank that observation in a QT would be a good thing. With only medicating if needed. My QT tank lasted about a month and then became a DT. I do have a small tank with available live rock so that I can throw together a hospital tank if needed. I have used it a couple of times on new arrivals that did not appear as healthy as I think they should have.
reeferdugong
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i only quarantine but I don't medicate them. It is hard to get the medications here in Germany so i only observe, while getting to know their behaviour and figuting out what they like to eat.
ca1ore
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LOL ... don’t think it’s a new concept. Blasting new fish with a cocktail of meds is actually the more recent phenomenon. I put all new fish into my QT system, but only treat with meds if disease symptoms present. There are, by the way, good reasons to QT that have nothing to do with disease.
