New Fish

[Awol]

if your adding new fish to the aquarium but only have 1 tank and 1 setup how would you quarintine them

 

[bobbicus]

very difficult to quarantine!!!

as the quarantine process is usually to mimic the conditons of the main tank but to keep the "new" fish under observation in case they have a disease that has not shown itself

for a beginner (like wot i am) a 5 gallon is superb - small setup, less medication, etc etc

hth??

 

[BluexEmber]

If you only have one tank you can't really quarantine... Rob is right, if you can get another tank (5 gallon is a great beginner size ) otherwise don't worry about it, it's not absolutely necessary.

 

[sussexgirl]

If you only have one tank you can't really quarantine... Rob is right, if you can get another tank (5 gallon is a great beginner size ) otherwise don't worry about it, it's not absolutely necessary.

I've just bought a 5 gallon tank purely for this reason. I've had to treat my main tank twice now with meds and just felt it would be easier to have a quarantine tank for this purpose. It also doubles up as a nursery tank for any fry.