Do you Quarantine all new fish?

do you qt all new fish before intro. to main tank? I've been taking alot of heat for just acclimating then putting em in. Is it better to qt? cause I always thought if you qt first it's more stressfull on fish due to 2x acc. + 2x new surroundings = 2x stress.

 

QT is good if your not receiving the fish from a VERY trusted source. The good thing is that if there are problems you can treat them right there in the QT with no worries, you can even use copper based treatments without harming your reef in the main tank. Right now I don't have a QT cause I'm outta space & money! So a QT is a good thing but not an absolute necessity IMO.

 

QT'ing fish not only for disease prevention. Gives fish time to "chill out" after very stressing move from reef home to LFS...and before move to your very busy tank.

Might as well let sit in a mild Cu bath as long as it is in there, just for precautions sake. There are other parasites besides ICK, he may be carrying along.

I don't QT as long as I know fish has been at my LFS for few days (and he does use Cu in fish holding tanks.)

QT'ing is never a bad idea. Does reduce risk of new fish introduction.



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to Q properly it needs to be done for a matter of months not days or weeks.
I certinly would run a Q tank and Q all new commers if I had a High Priced tank or delicate fish