Hello, everyone. It's my first time in this forum and I'm looking for your input/help.
I've been a goldfish keeper for almost 4 years now. Since I only got to have 5 of them quarantine was easy ( I still have 3 of them and they are moving into a 110g soon). Every time I held 1 or 2 fish in quarantine for a month and this way I only needed 1 Q tank.
However, this time period seems way too long if I'm going to add more than maybe 10-12 species to a totally new 75 gallon tank, Since I've been plannig this for quite a while I've got plenty of seeded hob and sponge filters (plus most of the gravel) for this new tank so I feel this part should be ready.
My stock will come mostly from petco & petsmart stores near me (that's where the goldfish came from) and I understand I'm not putting ALL fish in the same week but If I let's say I buy 3 species in petco and then 2 others in petsmart, I would have a Q tank/tote for all fish from same store. Does this make sense?, For how long? Also, I usually use 1tblspoon aquarium/5gallon water in my Q tank. Is this okay? Is it too little or too much? Can I mix in the Q tank all fish that are going to be in Q? No matter where they came from?
I would love to have livebearers, dennison barb, corydoras, tetras maybe a few reticulated hillstream loaches (Cory's fault for making me fall in love with them) and would also like to try my luck with a german blue ram pair.
I'd appreciate your input. Thank you
Happy fish keeping and have a great Memorial Day weekend.