Poll thread .. Do you QT your Fish and Coral....

[piranhapat]

Yes .... My responsibility once the fish is in my hands."

 

[theMeat]

Yes, unless it comes from a known personal tank, or it's a certain species that is know to be resistant, and shows no signs after a few days. For the first time in years I did take a chance on a coperband that was eating, but not to well. Who showed signs of ich. After 2 weeks of hypo and frequent water changes in that short qt, i put him in display because it was getting skinny. That was 2 months ago, and now it's gaining weight and so far no signs. Got my fingers crossed.
It's hard to know or sure if qt is necessary. With so many ppl with years of experience with no issues and beautiful tanks. Who say diet and and a happy stress free tank makes for a stronger resistance and no issues. Healthy tank, healthy fish seems to work for many. I have been down the ich nearly wipe out the tank road, so learned the hard way to qt. But looking back have to wonder if the tanks newness or minor issues didn't cause it to bloom.

 

[thirty6]

Fish I have, never coral. (Don't have a reason not to at coral- just never did)

 

[lnevo]

Nope.

 

[Aquadicted]

i found the best medicine for fish is a healthy environment and good nutrition... given these are provided the natural immune system gets strong and is able to care for itself. It's all about risk management. If your system is good and you feed well, you should be ok introducing a healthy fish into your system without quarantine. However there's always a risk and that risk increases with the quality of your water, your food and your source (if they keep their fish healthy)

 

[5thChorseman]

Never. Agree with Aquadicted.

 

[petecomas]

I always QT fish, but not coral. I do dip coral, though. I've used my QT tank as a treatment tank in the past and have used copper in it, so I'm afraid of putting coral in there. I keep it to just fish.

 

[b-ridge]

So how many people do actually qt and if so for how long?
For those that don't qt what's your acclimation regimen?

 

[theMeat]

So for how long?
For those that don't qt what's your acclimation regimen?

Depends on the fish, the symptoms or lack of, and whether or not you medicate/treat straight away, or first observe. here's a good article
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-10/sp/feature/

 

[petecomas]

I always use Prazi-Pro in my QT for the first two weeks. Then I observe for another two weeks. If after the four weeks the fish are eating and don't show signs of disease, they go in my DT. If they do show signs of disease, I treat with either cupramine or melafix, depending on what the problem appears to be. But this is rarely necessary. Usually, two weeks of Prazi and two weeks of observation is all I do.

 

[Silkyslim]

QT is the way to go, only a matter of time before you get bit.


I never qt'd for years without issue - never had ich or parasites. One day I got a fish from a LFS it had marine velvet, I lost a total of 20+ fish in a short time before I realized what happened. Since then I qt with copper and prazipro for at least 2 weeks. It honestly isn't worth the risk of killing your livestock. A 20 gallon tank w pvc, heater, hood and a pump are all you need to run a qt tank.

 

[nellynel21]

No,I dont QT Fish or corals ...
i use to work in LFS . I use to take home fish on the same date we receive the shipment and added to my system .never had problem ..any fish I was taking home I acclimated to the store reef or inverts section no medication . as long I look at the fish swimming ,breathing normal . And took some food I'm ok with .... Any fish that is breathing fast or not swimming property is major problem ...
I always told costumer qt the fish if you have the equipment or I will hold it for a week..

I always stay away from butterfly.. Velvet live with them .. Be careful with some anthias. Velvet also live with them ...
My2cent .
I really Believe all stores need to acclimate and qt fish before selling them to costumer for 1 week... I use to do it ..

 

[oh207]

Yes, I QT my fish.
I do not QT corals.

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[clasystems]

I use to QT everything. I have killed more fish in QT tanks than anyplace else. Now everything gets dripped overnight with prazipro and direct into acclimation box into tank. Observe for 24hrs. If good release. If not good, remove and dip with something else depending on the problem. In closed systems immunity is king. You cannot keep them completely free of pathogens. Its not possible. You can have spores living on dry rock for years.