Geez this is pretty much a horror story....sorry to hear that. Yikes.I have 200 gallon tank no fish in there now. because I don’t quarantine My fish ! I bought about 36 fish all gone by ich
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Geez this is pretty much a horror story....sorry to hear that. Yikes.I have 200 gallon tank no fish in there now. because I don’t quarantine My fish ! I bought about 36 fish all gone by ich
I’m beginner have lot to learnGeez this is pretty much a horror story....sorry to hear that. Yikes.
Hey guys,
so i have my new tank up and running with two clowns that i was able to get from a QT seller. It was more or less a luck thing but I also paid for it. I want to start adding more fish but I also cant afford to buy all my fish at QT prices and i can tell you right now if i try to tell my wife i need to setup another tank in the house as a QT i will be setting it up on my car where I will be living after she kicks me out HAHAHAHA.
With that said what is the best process for buying fish that are in a proper QT and does it pretty much mean i am going to introduce disease?
I was beginner I don’t know I have to quarantined a fish i start 200gallon tank I just pull water in and salt And third day I pull fish in there they look ok so I keep buying fish every week I pull about 36 fish in there two week later one of the fish have white spot . So I google it. Is ich And all my other fish get ich just few day I don’t know how to treat the fish they all gone . Now I learn from my mistakesIf you can't afford to pay for QT fish, then you probably can't afford to replace them all if they get wiped out by velvet or such. Some people do get out of the hobby after a tank wipe out.
My tank's fish were just observed and treated lightly for some parasites like flukes so my tank is not disease free and still going strong... but three people I know lost almost all or part of their tanks to velvet. Their fish were fed a healthy diet and treated no worse than mine, in fact they had bigger tanks and probably lower stress yet they had big losses. It definitely comes with risks and simply feeding well and picking healthy looking fish is absolutely no guarantee of anything.
How do we know these places are actually QT'ing these fish?Go through quarantinedfish.us Mike has unbeatable prices considering everything’s quarantined and he custom orders your fish so he always has what you want in stock! Really nice guy and easy to work with
Yah it sucks when it happens. Sounds like you probably had velvet as it is a fast killer. I imagine ammonia could also be a problem if you put 36 fish in two weeks.I was beginner I don’t know I have to quarantined a fish i start 200gallon tank I just pull water in and salt And third day I pull fish in there they look ok so I keep buying fish every week I pull about 36 fish in there two week later one of the fish have white spot . So I google it. Is ich And all my other fish get ich just few day I don’t know how to treat the fish they all gone . Now I learn from my mistakes
There are pictures and information on another forum of his set up although I believe he is a sponsor here also. I don’t feel this person is being deceitful. Humblefish backs him.How do we know these places are actually QT'ing these fish?
Pictures, video, guarantees, he’s very responsive and whatever you need from him in terms of verification of QT he is happy to giveHow do we know these places are actually QT'ing these fish?
Yes!! He is awesome and that is we’re I am getting my fish from.Go through quarantinedfish.us Mike has unbeatable prices considering everything’s quarantined and he custom orders your fish so he always has what you want in stock! Really nice guy and easy to work with
No pun intended, I've actually never heard of QT'd fish for purchase until I read that post. Thanks for the clarification.There are pictures and information on another forum of his set up although I believe he is a sponsor here also. I don’t feel this person is being deceitful. Humblefish backs him.
I agree with you about the ick, but I have had new fish infect my existing healthy fish with velvet, flukes, intestinal worms, etc. This is why I like a QT or at least observation period. Ick I feel is part of the reef environment and won’t affect or harm healthy fish in any way but the other diseases are more serious and must be contained and treated appropriately.No qt here, it's just not practical (or wanted) in my apartment.
My 112g reef is 10 yrs old now and probably half of the fish I've ever bought were from petco (sorry if the P word is a bad word on R2R . Some of them have been sick from various diseases and died within a day or two of getting them, but they never infect my healthy fish. I've even read from a mod on here that it's impossible to keep a powder blue tang long term in an ick tank. Well he should come over some time and see how old and healthy mine is.
Live rock, diverse bacteria, fresh seafood, and a stress-free tank are the way to go
Qt is fish torture, there I said it...