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Ok, I have one and I use it. But I don't think they help with reducing stress. I would like to get your thoughts.
QT Tanks?
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Why do you think they don't?
I don't think a qt tank was meant to help reduce stress. A qt tank is exactly that. A quarantine tank. You quarantine your fish/corals so you can monitor their behavior, as well as any signs of pest or illness the fish/coral may have. At which time it would make it easy to treat for such without the worry of harming other tank mates. Doing so will eliminate the question " so my fish/coral has this, I want to treat them with that, will it kill my other instock? You get the idea.
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They also give the fish time to regain it's appetite and strength before having to compete with more fish. This is assuming the QT has been properly set up.
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I understand but one of the leading cause of ich is stress. I have an Achilles Tang in my qt tank for the reasons above but its only 20 gallons and it would be much happier in my dt. Less stress = less chance of ich. I qt my fish, I'm just saying.
I believe fish will be stressed no matter what. But I believe the stress level will be higher for the fish if thrown straight into the DT rather then the QT. I say this because at least the in the QT, the fish does not have to compete for food nor space. That will give the fish a space to settle down and get use to eating and regain the health that it has lost within the time of the whole seller to the LFS and then to you. If it was wild caught then you can add from the ocean to the wholesaler. During that time (if I'm correct) the fish do not eat much if not at all. So now you have a tired, hungry and scared fish and you want to throw it in with a bunch of fish that have been in the DT for awhile now and are use to it's environment. That spells trouble.
I myself don't have a big QT either. I QT my new fish in a 12g nano cube for about a week. After I confirm it is eating regularly then I go ahead and transfer it to the DT. Haven't lost a fish since and the new fish is strong enough to fight back ( or at least run away) if it's being bullies by an old tank mate for the first couple of days.
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I myself don't have a big QT either. I QT my new fish in a 12g nano cube for about a week. After I confirm it is eating regularly then I go ahead and transfer it to the DT. Haven't lost a fish since and the new fish is strong enough to fight back ( or at least run away) if it's being bullies by an old tank mate for the first couple of days.
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Oh I forgot your topic about ick. At least if it catches ick, it's already in a qt so you don't have to stress it more by trying to catch it and transfer it to the qt. 
win win in that one. Try pouring Cooper treatment into your DT stocked with corals. 
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win win in that one. Try pouring Cooper treatment into your DT stocked with corals. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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The other problem with qt tanks is that most people dont set them up right. It needs to be a bare tank with your system water from the tank the fish will be going into.
The fish needs to be in the qt tank for no less than 2 weeks.
The fish needs to be in the qt tank for no less than 2 weeks.
