QT Questions

[saltym3]

I have had a QT up for about 2 weeks now which I have 2 fish in while I am redoing my main tank. My main went through a mini cycle so waiting for that to finish. I used the water from my main tank in the QT originally. As far as filtration I am only using a powerhead. How often do you do water changes in a QT? The water was looking a little dirty so I did a water change tonight. Also is a mechanical HOB filter really necessary? thanks.

 

[karajay]

Have you got anything in there like LR? or substrate?
If not, then with no mechanical filter, you would have no bio-filtration either.
I would suggest adding some type of mechanical filtration to pull detritus and other waste from the water.

 

[saltym3]

i thought that in a QT there was supposed to be no LR or substrate. I used the water from my display tank to fill it. I have another tank which has a filter in it now full of bacteria. If i took that out and used the filter would I cause a mini cycle in the QT?