When do you feel comfortable not to QT new fish.

[fishy408]

Looking to source a few fish after my fallow period. Wanted to get thoughts on when to QT fish. thanks!

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[Coral reefer]

You don’t. Have an option for never lol

 

[JVU]

At this point I’d rather not buy fish than have to QT/treat them myself. I’ve decided recently (in the past couple years) to only buy fish from sellers who I’m reasonably confident are selling me disease free fish. That can mean a few different things but a couple months ago I went all-in with this approach and bought from Dr Reef’s Quarantined Fish, and it worked out well. I’ve also bought fish with confidence from breeders like Biota and a local breeder who supplies Biota.

 

[Wild Bob]

15 - 20 years ago, never a QT with no issues. Never heard of anyone else having problems. Perhaps it was an issue never mentioned in polite company. With a few exceptions, all my livestock was adopted off Craigslist. When I got back in the hobby last year, I read nothing but horror stories of tank wipe-outs. So I suspect disease is a bigger problem than it was when I was bought a yellow tang for $15 at the LFS. Now, everything that swims comes from Dr. Reef. Frags/inverts go into 76 day QT, but I have had to reset the clock every time AquaSD had a sale.

 

[Wlachnit]

Another vote for “always QT fish”. For me, it is pretty easy to do using TTM and observation. Pre-covid, the toughest part was finding a 3 week period where I was home and not traveling. Other than that…easy peas.

 

[Srt4eric]

You don’t. Have an option for never lol

I was just thinking that.

 

[sfsuphysics]

I feel comfortable to not QT fish right around the time I put them into the tank, mind goes "oh well nothing I can do now... oooh fishy!!!!"

 

[kvosstra]

I am doing a hybrid TTM on all new fish - using H202 - I also feed prazi/metro mix for 3 weeks.
Inverts I am doing at 82 degrees for 35 days.

For corals - I dont have a great plan yet - I have two separate tanks, so I am using those as holding tanks for now - and will evaluate as I go. I have mollies in those tanks to hopefully show any ICH or velvet as early as possible.

 

[phatduckk]

I just buy them QT'd from a handful of vendors. Sometimes you have to order a fish and it takes a while but its nice to not have to worry about it.

I could do it myself but I don't want to take up space with another tank.