From an untrusted source, closer to 3 weeks, when getting fish from us, most people do it for a week. What size Quarantine tank should I have? For 1 3-5” fish, a tank as small as 20 gallons is fine. For a few 3-5” fish, a 40g or bigger. For a few bigger fish, 5-8”, at least 75g or bigger. Do I have to quarantine? No, most of our customers do not quarantine and never have an issue. We just strongly recommend it because it relieves a lot of the stress from shipping like we mentioned above.
-Should I treat new fish? NO, NO, NO. When buying fish from us, do not treat the water or feed med food unless you notice a real issue. 80% of the fish we sell are bred and raised here at our facility and quarantined their whole life. Any fish we bring in from other sources are quarantined for Minimum of 2 weeks and given precautionary treatment with external meds and medicated food. If you start treating a tank for illnesses they don’t have, you are doing more harm than good, knocking down their immune system and stressing them out which opens the doorway for real problems. Especially if you do not get the dosage right for the meds you use, so PLEASE, do not treat them unless you see an actual issue. And if you do notice an issue, you should be contacting us asap so we can help walk you through best treatment methods. When you get new fish, we do recommend adding Stress Coat or Stress Guard, it will help relieve stress and help heal up any tattered fins or loose scales, caused from their time in the bag during shipping.
Please research and familiarize yourself with Males and Females of each species. If you are uncertain of their colors, sizing, compatibility, and any Shipping questions.. or feel free to contact us and we can help answer all your questions. Please use the webchat, text, email, or Phone call to reach us.
We will do everything we can to make the transaction easy for you. Thank you!