- Joined
- May 12, 2019
- Messages
- 75
- Reaction score
- 49
I have a hypothetical.
I work at an aquarium store that sells both saltwater and freshwater fish and supplies and the systems these fish are in is not the cleanest. We have some fish in the system that clearly have ich and velvet and everything else under the sun. I am suggesting to my store owner that I would like to quarantine the sick fish. The reason for this thread is to get an opinion(s).
Let's say I successfully quarantined a sick fish or any fish for that matter and brought it back to health or simply quarantined it. After the quarantine is complete, in a separate system of course, I cannot add the fish back to the holding tanks the store has had set up with all the fish that haven't been quarantined correct? Or is it okay to add the fish back to the store's holding tanks because it has built up a strong immune system through the quarantine treatments? My guess would be I'd have to keep the fish in its own separate holding tank to keep it free of unwanted parasites and diseases from the rest of the fish, am I correct in this way of thinking?
So I guess I have three questions.
Thanks in advance guys.
I work at an aquarium store that sells both saltwater and freshwater fish and supplies and the systems these fish are in is not the cleanest. We have some fish in the system that clearly have ich and velvet and everything else under the sun. I am suggesting to my store owner that I would like to quarantine the sick fish. The reason for this thread is to get an opinion(s).
Let's say I successfully quarantined a sick fish or any fish for that matter and brought it back to health or simply quarantined it. After the quarantine is complete, in a separate system of course, I cannot add the fish back to the holding tanks the store has had set up with all the fish that haven't been quarantined correct? Or is it okay to add the fish back to the store's holding tanks because it has built up a strong immune system through the quarantine treatments? My guess would be I'd have to keep the fish in its own separate holding tank to keep it free of unwanted parasites and diseases from the rest of the fish, am I correct in this way of thinking?
So I guess I have three questions.
Thanks in advance guys.