Hey guys just needed some help with the quarantine process.
So I lost all my fish to velvet and ich (poor quarantine procedure on my part) a few months ago. In 3 weeks time I will have completed 13 weeks of fallow. Definitely no contamination as there have not been any fish in my house. Just snails, hermit crab, corals and a shrimp in my 100 gallon.
So I had real trouble maintaining 0 ammonia in my 40gallon hospital/quarantine tank (no meds have been in it). I’m getting 2 clownfish first.
1)So to avoid this ammonia issue, if I start cycling my quarantine now, and then add my 2 clowns in when it’s finished cycling, I probably won’t need do 50% water changes a day right? I should be able to stick to the weekly 15% water changes like I do on my big tank? My quarantine tank is 40 gallons with heater, huge canister filter rates for 80gallons which I’m gonna run on my 100gallon for 3 weeks to soak up bacteria, 1L of seachem matrix and no light (I use sunlight to view fish). Anything else I need? I was hoping the small amount of flow from the canister filter is sufficient? Or should I go buy a power head?
2) I’ve opted for quarantine for 5 weeks, and only medicating if I see white spots or other disease on these 2 clownfish. Is this still good practice? Are there any other tips you would reccomend to someone who’s trying to get their quarantine process right? (I understand for higher risk fish like tangs I would need to medicate pre-emptively)
So I lost all my fish to velvet and ich (poor quarantine procedure on my part) a few months ago. In 3 weeks time I will have completed 13 weeks of fallow. Definitely no contamination as there have not been any fish in my house. Just snails, hermit crab, corals and a shrimp in my 100 gallon.
So I had real trouble maintaining 0 ammonia in my 40gallon hospital/quarantine tank (no meds have been in it). I’m getting 2 clownfish first.
1)So to avoid this ammonia issue, if I start cycling my quarantine now, and then add my 2 clowns in when it’s finished cycling, I probably won’t need do 50% water changes a day right? I should be able to stick to the weekly 15% water changes like I do on my big tank? My quarantine tank is 40 gallons with heater, huge canister filter rates for 80gallons which I’m gonna run on my 100gallon for 3 weeks to soak up bacteria, 1L of seachem matrix and no light (I use sunlight to view fish). Anything else I need? I was hoping the small amount of flow from the canister filter is sufficient? Or should I go buy a power head?
2) I’ve opted for quarantine for 5 weeks, and only medicating if I see white spots or other disease on these 2 clownfish. Is this still good practice? Are there any other tips you would reccomend to someone who’s trying to get their quarantine process right? (I understand for higher risk fish like tangs I would need to medicate pre-emptively)
definitely don’t want my fish suffocating.
