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JoeyG · March 29th, 2009, 10:15 PM

Buying fish in local stores is always an interesting treat. Just remember to always isolate any new fish you purchase or trade for by maintaining them in a quarantine tank. This quarantine tank should match closly the water envirnment the fish came from. You can easily find this out by testing the bag water that the fish came in for pH, temperature and hardness conditions. These test kits are readily available and are very handy when dealing with expensive or stressed out fish.

Test the water parameters the fish came from and then try to mimic that in the quaranteen tank. Keep the fish in that tank for 30 days. Always have a cave or somewhere the fish can feel secure and some java moss or other plants to enable the fish to feel comfortable. If the fish does not become sick within the 30 days then net and enter the fish in the established tank with your other fish. Always do this at night, when tank is dark, and move around the existing pieces in the tank so all the fish must seek out new territories to protect.

If the fish becomes ill within the time frame then all you will be treating with medication is the newly purchased fish and it/they will be in a smaller tank. I would rather lose one fish to sickness then an entire tank of fish that may have cost thousands oif dollars.

Think safety first!

March 29th, 2009, 10:15 PM	#3
JoeyG Fry Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 73 Rep Power: 32	Safety First Buying fish in local stores is always an interesting treat. Just remember to always isolate any new fish you purchase or trade for by maintaining them in a quarantine tank. This quarantine tank should match closly the water envirnment the fish came from. You can easily find this out by testing the bag water that the fish came in for pH, temperature and hardness conditions. These test kits are readily available and are very handy when dealing with expensive or stressed out fish. Test the water parameters the fish came from and then try to mimic that in the quaranteen tank. Keep the fish in that tank for 30 days. Always have a cave or somewhere the fish can feel secure and some java moss or other plants to enable the fish to feel comfortable. If the fish does not become sick within the 30 days then net and enter the fish in the established tank with your other fish. Always do this at night, when tank is dark, and move around the existing pieces in the tank so all the fish must seek out new territories to protect. If the fish becomes ill within the time frame then all you will be treating with medication is the newly purchased fish and it/they will be in a smaller tank. I would rather lose one fish to sickness then an entire tank of fish that may have cost thousands oif dollars. Think safety first!