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Cant be 100% sure but I have never lost a single fish and none of them stop eating or ever had spots.
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Sure, observation is always goodIts just less likely to get it with just corals. Ich is not a big deal to manage, its the other stuff like velvet that i fear the most. But atleast i know i can see how a fish is doing prior to adding him to my DT.
IT Durant matter that you've been keeping fish 30 years.I have kept tangs, no problem, myfriend Roy as said in one of my posts above has a regal and powder blue againno problem with itch. Both been keeping fish our way for over 30 years and a number of tanks. We are still waiting for armageddon as are others. Any idea when we can expect these bad infections?
>> 0.025The only problems I have with mandarins is that they live to long and spawn to much so I get tired of them. ;Joyful
But goldfish. I can't keep those things no matter what I do even though I keep their salinity exactly at 0.025.
Hybrid TtM and stock up with 3 months growth of pods?Mandarins are tough. Extremely tough to get through QT. If you have a mature tank and plenty of pod population I would think you could keep one without QT. They are extremely parasite resistant fish just finicky eaters...
You jest sir. I have had many tanks start from scratch as I have moved house and sold up on a number of occasions. There has been the odd and I mean odd occasion when I have moved stuff over.IT Durant matter that you've been keeping fish 30 years.
A new guy starting now has to compete against a supply chain that is literally a disgusting soup of diseases compared to what you were buying 30, 20 10 years ago.
Times have changed- it's about time attitudes change too. Just because you had 25 years head start to build up an 'immune' tank (when was the last time you set up a tank 100% from scratch- no livestock, rock or water reused?) doesn't mean that would work today
Yeah but isn’t running an oxydator a “must” in your tanks?You jest sir. I have had many tanks start from scratch as I have moved house and sold up on a number of occasions. There has been the odd and I mean odd occasion when I have moved stuff over.
My new tank was set up 9 months ago. I transferred stock from my smaller Reefer 250 which had been setup 6 months if that. I added more living rock, corals and fish and am still in the process of adding corals and the odd fish just like I have done many times.
You are right however it matters not whether I had been doing so 20 or 30 years the results are always the same. Hence why I always set up the way I do and maintain my tank the way I do. That way it stays healthy. Why on earth would I want to change to QT.
Since when did I ever say that?Yeah but isn’t running an oxydator a “must” in your tanks?
And a uv too, I'd betYeah but isn’t running an oxydator a “must” in your tanks?
You just lost your bet. The penalty of which is you have to give me all your diseased fish.And a uv too, I'd bet
Lol, I don't very have any diseased fish. I QTd everything in my tank, so I know it's disease free.You just lost your bet. The penalty of which is you have to give me all your diseased fish.
How long was your reeder 250 up, and what did you transfer *that* livestock from?You jest sir. I have had many tanks start from scratch as I have moved house and sold up on a number of occasions. There has been the odd and I mean odd occasion when I have moved stuff over.
My new tank was set up 9 months ago. I transferred stock from my smaller Reefer 250 which had been setup 6 months if that. I added more living rock, corals and fish and am still in the process of adding corals and the odd fish just like I have done many times.
You are right however it matters not whether I had been doing so 20 or 30 years the results are always the same. Hence why I always set up the way I do and maintain my tank the way I do. That way it stays healthy. Why on earth would I want to change to QT.
I already answered that in my previous post. 6 months with all new rock, inverts and fish.How long was your reeder 250 up, and what did you transfer *that* livestock from?
I would have no clue as to what I was getting off you and would be concerned I can assure you. However, that's OK as in my tank it would be brought up to my tank standards health.Lol, I don't very have any diseased fish. I QTd everything in my tank, so I know it's disease free.
you get the one of my fish, you know what you are getting. A fish. I get one of yours, I have no idea what's On it..
Luck is simply a matter of chance, we take less chances in many ways than those QTing IMO. BTW Roy has a stunning well stocked SPS tank.
LOL you do indeed.LOL I respectfully disagree.