How long should you quarantine feeder guppies for?

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And will they survive ok with no filtration during quarantine?
Just new to this and would love to see how Abraham reacts to having food to "chase"..
 
A month at least.


Have a go at the Caudata Culture Article on the subject.
 
its really up to you. a good rule of thumb is the longer the better!!! but, not everyone is willing to wait that long... sometimes your ok sometimes your not.

i had a little 10 gal. that i was keeping a bunch of tropical fish in. One day at the store i fell in love with this angel fish.... as it turns out s/he had ick and it killed all but one fish in my tank.

thats how i learned my lesson. therefore i Q everything that lives plants feeder fish shrimp. or i grow my own, i started a worm farm i know what i put into the farm therefore i know what the worms are eating and if they are dying or not.

but i would quarantine at the minimum 14days, also thats how long most fish stores garentee their product.

Good luck!
 
shells said:
And will they survive ok with no filtration during quarantine?
Just new to this and would love to see how Abraham reacts to having food to "chase"..
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To answer your first question, yes, but you will have to do frequent, if not daily water changes.
 
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