How long to QT grazers?

[fish.freak]

i just got a yellow striped fang blenny this Sat. and it hasn't eaten yet. I have tried pellets, nori, and mysis. I know this type of fish needs algae and small inverts to survive so how long should I keep it in QT w/o starving it?
Maybe I'll try live brine or somthing.

[Geoff]

do you have any small rocks with algae you can move into the QT tank?

G~

[fish.freak]

Great news I just feed him some live brine, and added some hair alge to my friends tank. lol.

[Tynan Rasmus]

why QT it at all? just acclimate it properly.

[fish.freak]

because i love my fish and wont risk their health for my own impaticence

[Tynan Rasmus]

How would you be risking thier health by not quarantining them? Sorry, I am new to all of this and gathering all the info I can

[betamed]

Generally fish can pick up a lot of diseases in capture, holding and at the LFS. If you QT the fish you can make sure he does not show disease before you add him to the main display. I know in my tank if I wanted to get out a blenny to treat it I'd have to tear apart the whole tank to catch him.

[Tynan Rasmus]

ah, its to protect your tank, not the new fish. Makes sense. I am glad I get mine from someone who does this before he sells them . I dont buy fish from a LFS. Maybe shrimp and snails and crabs though.

[fish.freak]

abandon thread, the blenney did not make it, better at my friends tank then in mine. (He only has a damsel)

[Tynan Rasmus]

that sucks.