jeep
01-16-2003, 09:51 AM
I've read a lot about quarantine for new fish and I totally agree with it. When I first started reading about all the precautions some people were taking, I thought it was very smart, but over-kill. Now I know differently. Most of what I've read about basically says to QT fish in their own tank for at least 6 weeks.
I've also read about newbies to discus simply placing their LFS discus straight into the tank that may contain many different varieties of fish and only learning later that they should have QT'd their fish.
After reading about Mike's ordeal, and after visiting Jack and seeing his almost empty fish room, and hearing the heart-breaking stories from both, it's obvious those disasters happened because of an unforseen airborn pathogen. I have to wonder if the QT period should be in an entirly separate room for ALL new arrivals or, and maybe this is phrased wrong and I don't want to start anything, but should the "airborn" QT mainly apply to imported fish.
Another question: If I were to have a similar "bacterial" problem and I have survivors, are the survivors cured? Are my fish safe to pass along to someone else or could they build up immunity and infect others later on down the road.
I've learned a ton from this forum by reading and re-reading for hours at a time but I still have many of the "basic" (or dumb) questions ticking through my mind...
Brian
P.S. I placed this in the newbie section because of it's importance to new discus owners. Their first disaster could be their last...
I've also read about newbies to discus simply placing their LFS discus straight into the tank that may contain many different varieties of fish and only learning later that they should have QT'd their fish.
After reading about Mike's ordeal, and after visiting Jack and seeing his almost empty fish room, and hearing the heart-breaking stories from both, it's obvious those disasters happened because of an unforseen airborn pathogen. I have to wonder if the QT period should be in an entirly separate room for ALL new arrivals or, and maybe this is phrased wrong and I don't want to start anything, but should the "airborn" QT mainly apply to imported fish.
Another question: If I were to have a similar "bacterial" problem and I have survivors, are the survivors cured? Are my fish safe to pass along to someone else or could they build up immunity and infect others later on down the road.
I've learned a ton from this forum by reading and re-reading for hours at a time but I still have many of the "basic" (or dumb) questions ticking through my mind...
Brian
P.S. I placed this in the newbie section because of it's importance to new discus owners. Their first disaster could be their last...