A little background first.
Never had a fish before February of 2007. Was off from work for a couple weeks and purchased a 12 gallon Eclipse freshwater tank. Did the usuall thing I suppose and bought all the accessories including 7 fish and an armload of chemicals that I was told Id need. (OK I am embarassed)
Two weeks later I was convinced I needed a bigger tank and with my wifes consent purchased a 72 gal bowfront off Ebay. 3 days later I pulled into the driveway where my new 72 gal tank was. While loading the tank I asked the seller why he was selling such a new tank that had never been used. He smiled and said come inside. As he opend the door I didnt see one HUGE tank but TWO huge saltwater tanks. Thats all it took. I was now going to have a saltwater tank.
Never had a fish before February of 2007. Was off from work for a couple weeks and purchased a 12 gallon Eclipse freshwater tank. Did the usuall thing I suppose and bought all the accessories including 7 fish and an armload of chemicals that I was told Id need. (OK I am embarassed)
Two weeks later I was convinced I needed a bigger tank and with my wifes consent purchased a 72 gal bowfront off Ebay. 3 days later I pulled into the driveway where my new 72 gal tank was. While loading the tank I asked the seller why he was selling such a new tank that had never been used. He smiled and said come inside. As he opend the door I didnt see one HUGE tank but TWO huge saltwater tanks. Thats all it took. I was now going to have a saltwater tank.
Quarantine is Serious Stuff!
I post on a few other salt water forums and ran across this today. Please put your self in this persons shoes and how he feels. Then tell me QT fish and corals is not necessary. Here is what was posted on another site:
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A lot of the diseases and parasites getting around has a lot to do with people not realizing they have them, and then pass them off to other people. Those other people think they are getting healthy corals and then they get it, and so on and so fourth until somebody dips something and catches and then nobody has a clue where it came from.
Like Tangy said, dipping does not kill eggs, you have to quarantine all corals and fish, and dip them 2 more times while in a QT. Its better to be extremely cautious then it is to have your display infested. I no longer have a display as a result."
This person has been in the hobby for years and could not help his tank as things went down hill too fast.
The silver lining to all this is the PM this person sent me soon after I responded to his loss:
One of those that helped me out back when all of that happened, has gone above and beyond any expectations of "Ill give ya some frags of mine to help ya out"(quote from him). That guy is truck driver from TX who comes through here 3 times a week and every few weeks he'd call me up and ask if I wanted to meet him for lunch or something as he was passing through, and everytime he had a cooler for me packed full of corals, not just frags. Never wanted anything in return other then friendship. We both keep odd hours and as a result, we've become good friends.
What great attitudes from both parties involved!
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A lot of the diseases and parasites getting around has a lot to do with people not realizing they have them, and then pass them off to other people. Those other people think they are getting healthy corals and then they get it, and so on and so fourth until somebody dips something and catches and then nobody has a clue where it came from.
Like Tangy said, dipping does not kill eggs, you have to quarantine all corals and fish, and dip them 2 more times while in a QT. Its better to be extremely cautious then it is to have your display infested. I no longer have a display as a result."
This person has been in the hobby for years and could not help his tank as things went down hill too fast.
The silver lining to all this is the PM this person sent me soon after I responded to his loss:
One of those that helped me out back when all of that happened, has gone above and beyond any expectations of "Ill give ya some frags of mine to help ya out"(quote from him). That guy is truck driver from TX who comes through here 3 times a week and every few weeks he'd call me up and ask if I wanted to meet him for lunch or something as he was passing through, and everytime he had a cooler for me packed full of corals, not just frags. Never wanted anything in return other then friendship. We both keep odd hours and as a result, we've become good friends.
What great attitudes from both parties involved!
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