Qt question

[Piece of reef]

So just curious

If someone has never quarantined there fish, say 6 months or 1 year into it and never had a problem

Then they decide they want to start quarantining for whatever reason

Would there be any point to start quarantining from then onwards

Or would it mean they dont have any diseases because theyve been lucky that nothing has shown up


This is completely hypothetical

How long would u say it safe to say your fish are ich/velvet etc free if you never quarantined in the past

Or can it show up after years randomly

 

[Sqwertyl]

I think the point of quarantining fish is to prevent the addition of disease and parasites into your tank when adding new livestock, or for treating a fish that has fallen ill for some reason or another.

Ich in my understanding never goes away if you've had it in the tank before and have not gone fallow for certain length of time, or treated the tank with something like copper.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong there, but if your fish show no signs of ich or velvet after the length of time you describe then quarantine would be reserved for new additions, behavioral or fish becoming I'll to something different.

 

[Piece of reef]

I was just thinking of people that havnt quarantined
Then learnt about it after they are already established, then started quarantining from then onwards

Or even the guys that just do observational qt

If ich etc can be masked by a healthy fish then observational qt would be pointless if the disease/ parasite would be there without a prophylactic treatment, would it not ?

 

[Sqwertyl]

There's a whole list of diseases and the point of quarantine is to prevent an additional disease to the tank, or better yet to ensure a healthy fish is added.

I see your point, and I have only experienced ich in the freshwater scene (knock on wood) and if it's at all the same, I had ich visibly dissappear only to reappear months and months after with no addition of fish.

 

[Jekyl]

Paul B's tank is 50 years old and never quarantined a single thing. Mine is 2 years and I haven't yet either.

 

[Piece of reef]

Paul B's tank is 50 years old and never quarantined a single thing. Mine is 2 years and I haven't yet either.

Wow going to look into him,

Thanks

 

[Jekyl]

The Other Way to Run a Reef Tank (no Quarantine)

The other way to run a reef tank (No Quarantine) I was asked by my friend Humblefish to start a thread on my practices of running a tank with no quarantine, hospital tanks, medications, dipping or almost anything else. It is "not" just to take a fish from a store and drop it in your reef...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Jekyl]

Paul helped me out when I started my tank like he runs his

 

[Piece of reef]

Paul helped me out when I started my tank like he runs his

Its so strange though because ive heard so many people get their tanks wiped out from ick or velvet etc

But yeh was honestly just curious about if someone never quarantined then decided to start
Would there be any point to it
Can ick stay under the radar for say 2 years then pop up randomly
Because if that is the case, then observational qt would be pointless im assuming

 

[Jekyl]

I'm not saying that. Quarantine is a proven method. My next tank I will most likely follow much stricter measures. However with this one I haven't quarantined anything. I even went to 3 different LFS and purchased live rock and substrate just to diversify my tank as much as possible.

 

[Piece of reef]

I'm not saying that. Quarantine is a proven method. My next tank I will most likely follow much stricter measures. However with this one I haven't quarantined anything. I even went to 3 different LFS and purchased live rock and substrate just to diversify my tank as much as possible.

That was a good read, only got 128 pages left lol

Thanks for sharing it

 

[Jekyl]

That was a good read, only got 128 pages left lol

Thanks for sharing it

My tank just reached 50 years old.

Idk, looks like it’s still cycling to me :p Congrats on such a milestone!

www.reef2reef.com