quarantine

[badfish]

I was wondering how long do you quarenten new fish?

 

[beblondie]

Quarantine period for my new fish is 4 weeks or if a problem arises longer until the problem is corrected-Anne

 

[duke33]

^^I agree wiyh Blondie.

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

I usually go for 3 weeks just out of impatience...lol

Some people automatically add salt, increase temp., add a million different chemicals without even seeing one symptom just to be on the safe side BUT I only do that if I see trouble, otherwise I think its a waste of money.

 

[banjocat]

I'm new to quarantine tanks, but I'm going with four weeks for the first fish. It has 11 days in so far

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

Agree on 4 weeks, although sometimes I've gone as few as 2. The only preventative measure I do is feed anti-internal parasite food during the qt period

 

[banjocat]

Ruben, what kind of food do you use? I'm trying Jungle Anit-Parasite food, but my small bichir seems to have trouble swallowing(even when broken in half or thirds). He/she has no trouble with broken carnivore pellets, so I think the parasite food must be harder.