qurantine advice

fishygurl · 10-10-2005, 02:01 PM

Hi,

I'm setting up a new 20 gallon community tank, and I'm wondering if a quarantine tank is really nessecary.
The local fish store tells me they quarantine their fish for 10 days...
I'm am good friends with the owner so I am almost positive she is not lying to me.

If this turned out to be the truth, do I really need aquarantine tank??

(Also I'm might get a quarantine tank a little later but...)

**Fishfirst** · 10-10-2005, 02:57 PM

it depends what they do when they qt fish... are they treating them for parasites? or are they just sitting in the back room in tanks? If it is the latter then they haven't done anything for the fish except possibly helped customers out in not buying stressed fish on delivery day.

DavidDoyle · 10-10-2005, 03:30 PM

If the store has central filtration then you can just buy what you want and put them into your tank. However, if you do not buy all the fish at once, any future purchases should be quarantined before bing added to your tank.

10-10-2005, 02:01 PM	#1
fishygurl Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 34	qurantine advice Hi, I'm setting up a new 20 gallon community tank, and I'm wondering if a quarantine tank is really nessecary. The local fish store tells me they quarantine their fish for 10 days... I'm am good friends with the owner so I am almost positive she is not lying to me. If this turned out to be the truth, do I really need aquarantine tank?? (Also I'm might get a quarantine tank a little later but...)

10-10-2005, 02:57 PM	#2
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10-10-2005, 03:30 PM	#3
DavidDoyle Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Age: 89 Posts: 496	If the store has central filtration then you can just buy what you want and put them into your tank. However, if you do not buy all the fish at once, any future purchases should be quarantined before bing added to your tank.

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