The FishRoom Quarantined Fish

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Quarantining saltwater fish is one of the most crucial steps to ensure the long-term health and success of your reef or fish-only aquarium. It's a proactive measure to prevent introducing diseases, parasites, and even aggressive behavior into your established display tank.

Why Quarantine?

• Disease Prevention: The primary reason. Most fish, even seemingly healthy ones, can carry parasites (like Ich, Marine Velvet, flukes) or bacterial infections. Introducing them directly to your main tank can lead to an outbreak that can decimate your existing fish population, and treating a display tank with corals and invertebrates is often difficult or impossible.

   

• Observation: It allows you to closely observe the new fish for any signs of stress, disease, or abnormal behavior in a controlled environment.

   

• Acclimation: Provides a less stressful transition for the fish, allowing them to adjust to your tank's water parameters and diet without competition from established tank mates.

• Aggression Management: For aggressive species, a quarantine tank (QT) allows you to introduce them to the display tank after your existing fish have become established, potentially reducing territorial disputes.

• Medication: It's the only safe place to treat fish with medications (especially copper-based treatments) that are harmful to invertebrates and corals in a reef tank.

We offer a live arrival guarantee for all fish, ensuring they arrive healthy. If any fish don't survive transit, or pass away within 24 hours of arrival, you'll receive store credit only for their value. To qualify for the guarantee, customers must submit clear photos of the deceased fish in its original, unopened bag within the specified timeframe. We ship orders Monday through Thursday for next-day delivery to minimize travel stress. Please note, we do not issue refunds; all credits are for in-store purchases.