How to Quarantine Marine Fish

It is always important to quarantine the newly brought fish before introducing it to main display tank. Newly brought fishes carried diseases from from wild such as marine ich, velvet, flukes, worms, etc.

It normally need to quarantine for 3-4 weeks. Without quarantine the fish, it is very difficult to cure the fishes in the main display tank and it is very costly as some of the fishes will die once the disease enters the tank.

Below shows my quarantine tank

1. Tank : It can made of a plastic tub, mine is from Ikea. 
2. Rocks : Add enough live rocks for the fish to hide and to generate enough good bacteria to prevent ammonia and NO2. 
3. Filter: I have a pump to pump water to container with filter media and sponge (something like a over head filter - DIY)
4. Wave maker: It is good to have it to generate more flow in the water.
5. Water change: I used water from the main display tank for water change (weekly) - Make sure the main tank does not have diseases.
6. Medication: Cupramine and Praziquental
1. Praziquental is for flukes and worms 
2. Cupramine is for ich

With the correct doses of cupramine, the challenge is the fish not eating and the external bacteria, such as pop eye, fin rot, skin ulcer, etc, coming in. No good solution....


A very good articles on quarantine from advanced aquarist is shown below:

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/blog/quarantining-marine-fish-made-simple