Hospital tank setup

[lightfoot]

I want to set up a hospital tank what is a good size and how should it be set-up

 

[ebeckels]

anything above a 10 gallon is usually ok. I have nothing in it. No LR no LS...in case you need to treat the tank with hyposalinity or any meds. it's cheap and easy. i have a simple little filter/powerhead and a heater in mine...that's all...oh and a 20 watt light.

 

[lightfoot]

Thanks for the info

 

[beth]

It is best to keep the hospital or QT tank simple. No substrate or LR. You could use dead rock, or just PVC pipes. Fish must have comfort zones to hid in. No lighting is necessary unless the tank is in an extremely dark room where fish will be in the dark wo lighting.
One very important think to do is to paint the bottom of your aquarium [FROM THE OUTSIDE] with black paint. This will prevent fish stress from the reflections generated off a bare-bottom tank.