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Hello. I currently having an up and running 100 gallon system. I have not quarantined in the past and I am sure that there is/was ich/velvet in my tank at one point. Long story short, I was a newbie and got a blue hippo tang. Eventually that tang got stressed and gave a bunch of other livestock the illness. I lost a bunch of members. However, the Blue hippo tang has survived and now lives happily with 2 clownfish, a yellow eye kole, and a couple blennies. I want to upgrade these guys into my new (used) 180 gallon system.
How would I go about quarantining them prior to placing them into the new system? I have corals and inverts so no treatment in current DT. No fish are currently sick and none have showed any illness in almost a year. I just know that ich/velvet can remain in a tank even though noone has symptoms. I would like to follow humblefish's guide, butI am curious on the risk/reward I am taking by quarantining these fish that I've had for so long. I would be upset if I ended up losing any fish in the process.
My thought is to quarantine these fish, using the proactive humblefish method. Then leave the inverts/corals in the old 100 gallon system, to be fallow for 3 months. Then ultimately moving them to the larger system once they have successfully been kept in the fallow tank.
Any advice, opinions, or criticism is welcome. TIA!
How would I go about quarantining them prior to placing them into the new system? I have corals and inverts so no treatment in current DT. No fish are currently sick and none have showed any illness in almost a year. I just know that ich/velvet can remain in a tank even though noone has symptoms. I would like to follow humblefish's guide, butI am curious on the risk/reward I am taking by quarantining these fish that I've had for so long. I would be upset if I ended up losing any fish in the process.
My thought is to quarantine these fish, using the proactive humblefish method. Then leave the inverts/corals in the old 100 gallon system, to be fallow for 3 months. Then ultimately moving them to the larger system once they have successfully been kept in the fallow tank.
Any advice, opinions, or criticism is welcome. TIA!