Skipping QT is the worst for me. I invested in a full QT setup then let fish store contact talk me into skipping it… not necessary and more harm than good than good for fish…my source always sends me highest quality fish and I never have any problems. That cost me a full tank of big, expensive fish.
What's the worst thing....
- Thread starter WatercolorsGuy
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When I first started in this hobby I was at a LFS and saw this Turbo snail shell with this cool metallic bubble on it. I asked the owner of the shop what it was and he told me it was a decorative algae and was happy to sell me the shell for $1. Three months later it was on every inch of every rock, and that my friends is how I introduced bubble algae into my old 55g. I have a similar story about saw blade Caulerpa.... This was all many years ago when the old guy owned Great White Aquatics, I boycotted it up until Vince bought it, now it is my favorite shop in FOCO.
wow. I feel pretty lucky right about now that I've had mostly great advice from the local LFS's... other than the one that sold me a batfish for a reef tank. But that didn't qualify for this thread, because I investigated online while I was acclimating it, and it never actually got introduced into my tank. I gave the guy a piece of my mind when I returned it to the store, but I did manage to refrain from throwing the bagged fish at him. I'm not gonna name names, tho, because this wasn't all that long ago, and I think they might be sponsors...
I had this yellow watchman I purchased from Neptune's for like an insanely high $35 (I fell in love with him and had to have him right then!) then I found out how to sex them and searched around for a female, when she arrived I placed her in the same tank without quarantining her first....He was soooooo happy and was like 1/3rd of her size and swam all around her face showing off....... she gave him her fish herpes and they had both died by the next day.... I guess the moral of the story is use protection and quarantine your fish, no matter how excited you are to see them interact with one another.
