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quarantine fish(?)
I have read where , when you bring NEW fish into an established pond, you
guys quarantine them. what is the directions? where??? can you put them into a really BIG plastic tub? with an air stone? how long are they kept there?? what would you put in the water with them?? salt ? (what concentration? is sea salt the same as table salt,, or water softener salt???) potassium permanganate?? (ok, for my first pond stocking..... I know its gonna be wrong, but will probably get most fish same time & not quarantine them, but need above info for when I 'add' future fish) |
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*muffin* wrote: I have read where , when you bring NEW fish into an established pond, you guys quarantine them. what is the directions? where??? can you put them into a really BIG plastic tub? with an air stone? how long are they kept there?? what would you put in the water with them?? salt ? (what concentration? is sea salt the same as table salt,, or water softener salt???) potassium permanganate?? (ok, for my first pond stocking..... I know its gonna be wrong, but will probably get most fish same time & not quarantine them, but need above info for when I 'add' future fish) quarantine for 30 days min I do 45-60 days any container with air will work sea salt or water softener salt is pure non iodized table salt is iodized not good for the fish be sure to equalize temps between the bag of fish and your pond float the bag in the pond in shade if possible for 15-20 min before releasing the nwew babies -- John Rutz Z5 New Mexico good judgement comes from bad experience, and that comes from bad judgement see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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A stock watering trough or a kiddie swimming pool make good quarantine
tanks. They are generally smaller than the pond, which makes netting the fish, observing the fish and the quantity of chemicals used better, but due to the small quantity of water, it is more difficult to maintain the ammonia, nitrites, pH and temperature properly. The control of the environment is very important since changes cause stress, and stress reduces the immune system. No quarantine is better than poor quarantine. A good filter system can be maintained in operational form by the addition of small amounts of household, nonsudsing ammonia on a daily basis to feed the biobugs, or a few fish can be kept in the system to keep the filter going, and moved out when a new fish needs the quarantine. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "*muffin*" wrote in message ... I have read where , when you bring NEW fish into an established pond, you guys quarantine them. what is the directions? where??? can you put them into a really BIG plastic tub? with an air stone? how long are they kept there?? what would you put in the water with them?? salt ? (what concentration? is sea salt the same as table salt,, or water softener salt???) potassium permanganate?? (ok, for my first pond stocking..... I know its gonna be wrong, but will probably get most fish same time & not quarantine them, but need above info for when I 'add' future fish) |
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quarantine fish(?)
http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/p...htm#quarantine for pond fish
"*muffin*" wrote: I have read where , when you bring NEW fish into an established pond, you guys quarantine them. what is the directions? where??? can you put them into a really BIG plastic tub? with an air stone? how long are they kept there?? what would you put in the water with them?? salt ? (what concentration? is sea salt the same as table salt,, or water softener salt???) potassium permanganate?? (ok, for my first pond stocking..... I know its gonna be wrong, but will probably get most fish same time & not quarantine them, but need above info for when I 'add' future fish) |
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Hi muffin,
Here's is an excellent article on why to quarantine: http://www.koivet.com/html/articles/...t%20 Articles what is the directions? (ok, for my first pond stocking..... I know its gonna be wrong, but will probably get most fish same time & not quarantine them, but need above info for when I 'add' future fish) It is okay to put new fish into a new pond without prior residents. The only problem is if there is a problem with the fish you won't know if it was something that came with the fish or a problem with the pond. I try to get folks to set up their quarantine situation, and buy fish while in the process of digging. This way they learn all about water quality, filtration and much more while digging. Once your new fish have adjusted to the pond (without a quarantine period elsewhere). Set up a quarantine tank and buy 2 more fish, wait 3-4 weeks and if all is well, take one of the original fish from the pond (the one you least like) and put it in with the new ones. Wait another 3-4 weeks, if everyone is happy they can all go back in the pond. If the new ones die and the pond fish lives, the ones you orginally purchased may be carriers of a virus. If your pond fish dies and the new ones lives, I'd suspect them of a virus. All diagnostics are off if at any time you lost water quality. ;o) Now isn't this a fun hobby you've gotten yourself into to? ) ~ jan See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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