Any way to avoide QT a new fish??

[Keith P]

Is there any relatively safe way to avoid having to quarantine a new fish?

I don't have a QT. My buddy does, but he lives an hour away.

Can a vendor just hold it for me to verify it's health?

This will be the first fish in this tank, but I do want to add my clown shortly after, which I have had for over a year.

BTW, the new fish will be a blue-spotted jawfish.

 

[aznt1217]

Careful with the Blue Spot Jawfish, a little bit sensitive of a fish.

I personally don't QT but make sure that when acclimating the fish is reacting okay.

 

[CHEMCHEF]

You can keep it in my nano 6gal, at work there are no other fish in tank yet. So he cant get anyone sick, and its close to your house

 

[NYreefNoob]

or dont buy no more fish :tongue1:

 

[georgelc86]

I say no. not QTing a Henoichus Banner fish costed me about 85 bucks in existing tankmates. a qt cost 20 bucks.

 

[greggnyce]

Qt is good for some fish, but what if you have to qt a tang. Is it ok to keep a tang in a small qt? Sometimes I feel with certain fish you may stress them out more by putting them in a small tank.

 

[pmui]

simple....NO. You may regret not QT.

 

[Keith P]

Keep in mind this is a new tank. No other fish (or inverts yet).

 

[pmui]

if your willing to run the tank for 6 weeks w/o any new additons then it would be a QT tank.

 

[marrone]

Qt is good for some fish, but what if you have to qt a tang. Is it ok to keep a tang in a small qt? Sometimes I feel with certain fish you may stress them out more by putting them in a small tank.

For large fish you may need to get a larger container or tank. Most large fish will be ok for a couple of weeks in a 50gal Rubbermaid container, just do water changes and don't over feed. Remeber QTing a new fish protects the fish you currently have first and lets you check out the new fish for any diseases of problems. It also give the new fish down time.

 

[finksmart]

It's sort of like saying if there's any way to avoid wearing a condom... you might get lucky and get away with not wearing one but eventually you'll get hit with something.

 

[Keith P]

It's sort of like saying if there's any way to avoid wearing a condom... you might get lucky and get away with not wearing one but eventually you'll get hit with something.

Um, monogamous relationship maybe?

So my choice is 6 weeks qt or 6 weeks w/ only one fish. I'd rather keep the Jawfish for 6 weeks alone in the new tank and keep my nano w/ the clown going as opposed to moving the clown and keeping the jawfish in a friend's QT for 6 weeks.

 

[Wes]

it's probably a good thing to keep the jawfish alone in the new tank for a while anyway.

They are very skittish little fish. Having no other fish in the tank will make it less stressful while settling in. Also, jawfish need deep sand beds if you didn't already know.

 

[Keith P]

it's probably a good thing to keep the jawfish alone in the new tank for a while anyway.

They are very skittish little fish. Having no other fish in the tank will make it less stressful while settling in. Also, jawfish need deep sand beds if you didn't already know.

120+ lbs of sand in a 3ft long tank (4" deep) :birthday: A jawfish was a priority for me for this new tank.

Now I just need to work on a cover for it..

 

[georgelc86]

KathyC has a thread out there with a mesh/plexiglass lid.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

There is no law saying you have to QT a fish that is added to your tank. Bu you are taking a chance infecting your fish with new disease if you don't.

 

[johnvic]

Um, monogamous relationship maybe?

Actually you have to be virgins too to avoid getting a disease without a condom. So monogamy only guarantees new disease.

 

[Wes]

Actually you have to be virgins too to avoid getting a disease without a condom. So monogamy only guarantees new disease.

my wife and I dont have any diseases :shhh: