salinity in quarantine tank

I have heard recommendations to keep the salinity of the quarantine tank at around 1.015 to try to eliminate any pathogens. In the opinion of the experts here, is this advisable? Should the salinity be that low right from the beginning, or should it slowly be dropped after adding the fish?

 

Salinity should be that of the DT. Why stress the fish even more by treating it for something it might not even have in the first place?

 

You would need it much lower than 1.015 to affect any parasites such as ich. I agree with packleader, have it the same as the DT.

 

Yup, agree w/above posts. Only lower it if you're gonna do hyposalinity, and if you're gonna do that, lower over a 2-3 day period.

 

I overheard LFS employee (got fired recently though) say this also, but he recomended 1.005! He suggested that the fish could "breath better". What he didn't mention was how to re-aclimate them to the salinity in a DT that is 1.026 and the increased stress of that. Keep it the same as the Display Tank, keep it simple.