Hyposalinity Treatment for New Fishes

[Elune]

I know most of us will QT any new stock (referring specifically to fishes) in a separate tank. So i just wanna ask the following :

1) What is the water parameters in your Quarantine Tank? Same as main / Different? Pls elaborate.

2) During QT, do you add any medication or any other addictives?

3) Can Hyposalinity be carried out on new fishes even though it appears healthy? Its to double confirm is parasites free before introducing them into main tank.

[jd_n]

I know most of us will QT any new stock (referring specifically to fishes) in a separate tank. So i just wanna ask the following :

1) What is the water parameters in your Quarantine Tank? Same as main / Different? Pls elaborate.

2) During QT, do you add any medication or any other addictives?

3) Can Hyposalinity be carried out on new fishes even though it appears healthy? Its to double confirm is parasites free before introducing them into main tank.

QT will hold Main tank water. This is to get ur new LS to adapt to water frm ur main system as close as possible.

Below is wat i practised.

Use a container (capable of drippin) n fill it with water frm ur QT.

Drip water over an hr into the bag containin the new fish u bought.

The end result will be a mixture of water from the LFS and water from ur QT.

Make sure ur QT r up and runnin. (so as no to stress the newcomer by puttin ur hand into QT and fixin up powerhead, skimmer....etc with it inside).

QT was wrapped ard by cloth. (U can observe frm the top)

Slowly submerge the bag and its content into the QT.

Let it swim out.

Leave it alone for a day.

Daily water change in the evenin as soon as after feedin.

Siphon out waste and leftover food.

Remove n discard 70% of water frm QT.

Check salinity.

Replace back the 70% with a even mixture of main tank and new saltmix. (after removing water frm main tank, i replenish my main tank with new saltmix=small water change daily ).

***My QT only got powerhead and skimmer inside, i intro fish usually at nite with min lightin***

Durin QT, no medication was added unless fish show sign of disease infection.

New fish can be carried out usin hypo if u hav the patience and time.

But do note, its the LS tat u choose that makes the difference.

Eg. Newcomer can be quarantined and in perfect healthy condition but poor introduction into main tank, harrassement by existin LS, or prob oreadi exist in ur main tank will cause the newcomer to be infected.

[Elune]

Bro jd_n: Thank you very much! U answered my concerns right to the very consise point!

I like the idea of wrapping QT with cloth and introducing at night under min lighting. Cheers.