"Ann in Houston" wrote in message
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I have had some really bad quarantine results. I have a tank in place -
350 gals, I think. It has some unwanted gf in it, which I think will serve
well for 'canary' fish. I know I need to run some of the water out and
replace it before I put in this new baby. I plan to do frequent water
changes, rather than setting up a filter. These gf have lived out the
winter in this setup without it, and I have not had good results with the
filtration of this tank in the past. The total fish load will be about 18"
in the 350 gals. I think two to three weeks should be enough. Any
disagreements?
My past bad experiences have led me to skip the quarantine entirely, but
my last resulting disaster cured that carelessness forever. Mostly, it
makes me think hard about acquiring new fish.
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I lost almost every fish I had to a contagious ulcer infection back around
1998. All new fish, and they are few, are quarantined for 21 days now and
treated for parasites whether I see anything suspicious or not. I filter
even my smallest 150g ponds. What problem did you have filtering your 350g
tank?

No one goes by inches of fish anymore.
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RM....
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rec.ponder since late 1996.
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