quarantine new fish???

Beau is hosting the January Meeting this coming Saturday the 14th at 6PM.  It will be BYOB as well as a snack to share and raffle items are always welcome.  It has been requested that there be “NO SHOES” on the carpet due to it being a whitish color.

He doesn’t have a tank to view but we will have plenty to discuss in hopes that it will get the NEW YEAR off to a good start.  The annual membership fees are due, so now would be a good time to get them in to our Treasurer Stacey Hahn.   Fees are $20 per individual or $25 per family

Attendance was low at the election meeting in November and no votes were taken at December’s meeting so we have decided to take votes for anyone that didn’t get the opportunity in November and will be attending this meeting.  
We will add the votes to November’s ballots and the announcement will be made during the meeting so we can go forward.
NOMINATIONS:
President:  Jim & Nacho
V. President: Ed, Bo & Daniel Leigey
Treasurer: Stacey
Secretary: Carmen & Angie

Let’s hope the New Year brings new members, returning members and new ideas.  The club is always willing to take suggestions to get the most out of the hobby we all enjoy.

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[pezpayaso]

How do any of you feel about quarantining new fish?  I've read about it and it seems like a good idea but I wonder how many people actually do quarantine their new fish.  Our fish do fine until we introduce a new one not knowing it is carrying a disease (ich?) and we lose a fish with it.  I was sad to see our big beautiful mean yellow tang go the last time we bought a couple fish.  He was with us for a while.  :?


55 gal. w/ the very basics
1 coralife 10,000K
400 Skilter filter/skimmer
heater, power head

2 clowns, coris wrasse, blue damsel, shrimp, snails, soft corals, hermit crabs, 3 stars

[Yellotang]

I personally have never quarantined a fish. I agree, if you have the right system to do it then that’s great. But remember, when you quarantined a fish, it will have to go through the same stresses when it is time to introduce it to your tank. And most people find it very time consuming and laborious to do one.

All aside though, doing a quarantine system is the best approach.

[Ed]

One of the best fish tanks I ever had was a 45 gallon Fish only tank.  I had  one large Grey angel, A extremely large Niger Trigger, a powder blue tang, a yellow Tang,  I still have pix of it.    That was back in 1991. That is what started me in this great hobby.    I would love to help you.  I am sure anyone else in the group would love to help you.   Take a chance and give someone a call please.  

some of the best things I ever did  while learning about this hobby.
I had one and a half pound of live rock for every gallon of water
I bought a good skimmer
I bought a temperature monitoring device with alarm
I bought a timer to keep my lights on the same times everyday.
I bought test kits or had my water tested in Spokane by Steve to figure out what was changing.
I hope this helps...Ed :wink:

[pezpayaso]

Thank you for your input!     We've decided that we definately need to upgrade our filtration and lighting system and that we probably won't add any new fish until we get things improved.  We also need to be better "fish shoppers" and make sure we get a healthy one.  

[pezpayaso]

Thank you for your input!     We've decided that we definately need to upgrade our filtration and lighting system and that we probably won't add any new fish until we get things improved.  We also need to be better "fish shoppers" and make sure we get a healthy one.  

[Ed]

P,
See if you can feed your fish before you buy it?   Look at fishes eyes also besides thier body for blemishes.   Look at other fish in the same tank to see if they are healthy.. Good luck :wink: