Quarantine, quarantine, quarantine – this word get a lot of lip service in the saltwater aquarium hobby but too few of us really practice this important procedure, let alone undertake it properly. Even many of the fish stores we’ve visited have ‘quarantine systems’ that deserve a healthy dose of skepticism and it’s not for lack of trying.
The old adage ‘an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure‘比确保我们的水族馆鱼在进入永久水族馆之家之前的水族馆清洁和健康,再也没有比这更真实了。作为成功的礁石水族馆工作室的一部分,在过去几个月中,我们的鱼类数量几乎比整个礁石水族馆的职业生涯都多。
We’ve been getting a variety of fish from nearly all seas and oceans of the globe so needless to say we’re preemptively isolating all of our fish before distributing任何它们到工作室中的任何其他鱼类或珊瑚系统。大多数人认为隔离水族馆是一种痛苦,困难或原本不受欢迎的琐事,但我们对它们的看法完全不同。
隔离坦克不必是水族馆的句子,而是可以作为水产锻炼,也可以作为您了解新鱼的好地方。QT是您的新礁宠物可以安顿下来的环境,习惯了在水族馆中的新生活,尤其是在他们可以增强力量并进入健康的地方(健康)状况where they will be able to thrive in their future bustling reef aquarium home.
For the aquarist, the practice of setting up and maintaining a QT is an exercise in keeping your knowledge of saltwater aquariumfundamentalsfresh in mind. Not only is the a QT a great place to condition your fish and hone your SW aquarium skills, it also gives the aquarist a chance to getin tunewith the behavior, needs and preferences before they have to compete in the primary display.
We hope that this video tutorial answers many of the questions about quarantining saltwater fish as we get a lot of questions about it. If done right a quarantine tank is not only ensuring a better chance of a successful, disease free aquarium display, but it can also be something fun and in some cases, even beautiful mini display while it’s in operation.