quarantine

Hi, I got into SFW since January of this year. Currently I am in the middle of DT quarantine due to ich outbreak. I started the treatment towards the end of April, so it's been about 3 weeks now. Currently I have the following fishes (most are small, and a few are medium size) in a 55g QT tank...

I just lost a bunch of fish to Brooklynella. My brand new display tank is now fallow. Is there a full proof quarantine method so I don’t have to risk this ever again in the future?

One thing no one discusses is when you have to remove all your fish out of your Display Tank to Quarantine, what to do with your Display tank? They only talk about Display and only about Quarantine, not what to be careful of after you remove your fish. *SKIP TO CONCLUSION AT THE BOTTOM IF...

Looking to pick up a copperband butterfly fish at my lfs for my 75gallon. Issue is I only have a 10 gallon qt and also I'm not sure how to feed it without directly adding it into my dt since everywhere I've read says you need to slowly get it to adapt to eating frozen mysis.My sump and display...

Hi I had an ich outbreak in my DT last month so currently I have all my fish on a 55g for QT using Copper power (~2.25) + nitrofurazone while all the fishes are doing well, eating well, I noticed the skin texture of my long butterflyfish nose seems unusual (photos below). My Tomini tang also...

I’ve been surprised lately at how much pushback I’ve gotten just for suggesting people quarantine new fish in various forums outside R2R and my own local reef club. Calm, respectful suggestions - nothing preachy - or just an inquiry as literally simple as, "Why didn't it go into QT?", and still...

I’m planning to purchase some more macroalgae for my tank, and after dealing with ich recently, I really want to quarantine them this time. Going through a 15-week fallow period was rough, and I don’t want to take any chances again. I have a smaller 2-gallon tank that I think could work as a...

I have a firefish in my QT tank with a damaged dorsal fin and pelvic (I think?) fin. The cause of the damage was aggression from another firefish. We originally bought a trio after we were told by the LFS that firefish are social but have returned two of the three after one was seen...

I'm planning to do a prophylactic chloroquine phosphate treatment on some new fish, following protocol #2 here: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/chloroquine-phosphate.192309/ I'm sure I'm overthinking this but it's my first time using CP and treating more than two fish in one QT so I'd...

Good afternoon all, This is my first time posting to hear but I’ve used this website as a resource for the past 2yrs and I really appreciate all the help I get from people posting. Now I’m finally posting my own question and I'm hoping someone can help me out with some advice I have a 40...

Long story short - got ich in my dt end of January. Posted about it on here and got help. Took all my rocks and corals out of dt into new tank I had cycling and turned 50 gallon dt into quarantine tank. Fish have been in quarantine with copper safe at therapeutic for 18 days now. I don’t have...

Picked up my first clam today, I've got it isolated in a 7g tank at the moment and was wondering what the QT process was.

Starting this off with this is not an emergency, so please dedicate time and mental energy to other threads :) I had a battle with Ich last year that wiped out a bunch of my fish. I transferred survivors to a separate tank and ran Hyposalinity. After going fallow for over 80 days I swear there...

I watch my tank quite closely as I’m sure most people do and a few nights ago I noticed a few faded white spots on my clown fish, only really noticeable in certain lighting. I’ve kept an eye on in and now it seems to have gotten worse and I’ve began noticing spots on my other fish. I am almost...

Allllllrighty then! Brain overload. So, the new 40gal aio is all cycled, 2ppm ammonia to 0 ammonia/0 nitrite in a day. Cool. Now I’ve learned all about QT, and yes will opt for safety and do it. First question is should I continue to dose ammonia occasionally in the DT while new fish are in...

Im new to the hobby and I’m currently cycling my first tank (currently on day 2). It occurred to me today that I should also set up a quarantine tank. There’s a good chance that my DT will complete the cycle well before I finish quarantining my fish. My question is how would I keep the tank...

I have had these zoas for 10 days - they were open the first week looking really good (they were dipped with CoralRx before going into QT) but they won’t open the past three days -( I included a pic when they were open too ) - Parameters are 1.025 ppm, Amm 0, Nitrites 0, Nitrates 0 - ph 7.8 - no...

Would this be okay? Getting all the fish I want first and then do a qt in the display with sand and rock and treat for everything before adding coral? Have a clown , starry blenny and Bengai cardinal, just added a fairy wrasse and royal gramma. The gramma definitely has something as I see some...

Firefish with bruise like mark on side. Tomini Tang also in QT, added at the same time. No symptoms. Both eating very well. Aquarium Parameters: 10 Gallon Quarantine tank Fluval Hang on Back w/ siporax media / no floss Lighting: Fluval led QT Aquarium established for 4 months, previously...

Main tank is 2 months old (live rock start). Ugly stage is fully present and brown haze is settled in and made itself right at home. Awesome, love it, so fun. But, picked up some more fish from @Biota_Marine , a Link's & a Court Jester Goby and a Royal Gramma. I have them in a 24 gal QT...

I picked up a black saltwater Molly from my LFS today. I’m hoping it can help me identify if my fallow period was successful. I had velvet, went fallow for 45 days. I put it into my quarantine tank. My LFS had them already acclimated to salt and was tied to the same system as most of their other...

After an outbreak of Ich in my display tank, I took all the livestock out, treated them with copper, bleached the tank and restarted. Two weeks ago I added back the only remaining fish I had left. I observed them in a non-medicated tank after to ensure they were disease-free. Last week I...

just got my white-tail bristle tooth ! it said online that it was pre-quarantined, so I assumed it would only need observation qt. but i’m seeing white flecks in the shipping bag as i’m acclimating to temp ? there are no white dots or lesions at all on the fish and it’s already regained a lot of...

Hey All! Looking to get help and ensure the diagnosis is appropriate. I had my clowns get what was originally determined to be ich…and they were covered. Transferred and stood up 10 gallon QT and they’ve been doing well. Their appetites are still very much there and almost all of it is gone...

Jeweler’s glasses? Hands-free magnifying glass? Reading glasses? My first corals are in quarantine and I’m paranoid about making sure they go in the DT pest-free. My DT has been stable and almost perfect for 6 months FOWLR. What works best to inspect your corals for pests? Also, I didn’t re-frag...