Quarantine

FishNoob wrote:
In article ,
says...

My experience is that in the UK (and you are in UK or Ireland aren't you
if I remember correctly?),


Yes, that's right - Northern Ireland.


they don't QT as such but keep them off sale
for a period of time to make sure that there are no obvious problems and
the fish acclimatise to the local water conditions - usually around a
week...maybe not all places do this but the ones I use do, and it sounds
like you have the same sort of thing in place...


I'll ask them tomorrow exactly what they do. Their website (such as
it is - one page on the local yellow-pages-style site) states that
they quarantine all their stock for two weeks.


Right now, I have 4 Clown Loaches in QT...it is a normally set up tank -
plants, gravel and driftwood for them to hide under - it is 15 gall...it
also contains other fish - but experience has shown me that Clowns also
benefit from "dither fish" when settling in...


What are "dither fish"?


So give it a go, make sure there are plenty of hiding spaces for them
and keep any eye on them for at least a couple of weeks. Also ensure the
water quality is spot on as I've noticed sensitivity to even the
smallest trace of nitrites...


Thanks, Gill, I'll do that.


Dither fish are fish that are confident and swim around in the
open...IME Clown Fish find comfort in knowing that there are confident,
settled fish with them...