"netDenizen" wrote in message
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Koi-Lo wrote:

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I hope once this problem is past you can set aside at least one tank for
a quarantine tank and NEVER put new fish in your big tank without at
least 14 days in quarantine. For extra protection, Q them for 21 days.
Even a 10g tank off in a corner somewhere would work. Should you get
some kind of disease in that large tank it's going to be a nightmare to
sterilize everything.

My newsreader may have missed a post or two but as I understand it these
neon's were new fish you recently purchased. I don't remember you
mentioning you Q'd them.

That's telling them!

Gill's aquarium was new, iirc. Therefore it was a quarantine tank for the
few fish she started with.
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In that case if any disease infects the MAIN tank then no more fish can be
added until the problem is solved and cured. This can be quite a job with a
large tank and treatment can be very expensive. It's a lot cheaper to treat
a 10g than a 55 or a 130g tank. You can also catch a fish easily in a 10g
for a scraping or individual care - not so in these larger tanks. It can
also take some time to solve the mystery making the large take itself
quarantined.

When I set up my two 55gs last October (they had been in storage for 2 or 3
years) I quarantined everything in two old 10g tanks before they went into
the 55s. All were treated with Quick-Cure just-in-case. Fortunately all
appeared healthy so Q only lasted 14 days for them.

But it's whatever works for the individual and their set-ups.......
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Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
Aquariums since 1952
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