Quarantine tank help!
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npage
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I always use the water from my DT to fill the QT. I have a 75 DT and a 10 QT. Every time I bring home a new fish I also get a good water change for my DT. After the fish are out of QT I dump everything and clean it.
FYI, PVC pipe fittings make great aquascape for QTs, lots of places for shy fish to hide and easy to clean.
FYI, PVC pipe fittings make great aquascape for QTs, lots of places for shy fish to hide and easy to clean.
kilhullen
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A QT should have nothing in it but the bare necessities, and I do mean bare. I made the mistake of putting crushed coral in mine.
Ghostfeeding is probably the best way to keep the bacteria around.
I thought about transferring water from the DT and then I read there is actually very little free floating bacteria. You get a better start by transfering seed from the filters.
Ghostfeeding is probably the best way to keep the bacteria around.
I thought about transferring water from the DT and then I read there is actually very little free floating bacteria. You get a better start by transfering seed from the filters.
srfisher17
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A great, and cheap, QT filter is a simple sponge filter. Put the new sponge somewhere in your main system for a few days and transfer it to the QT-almost instant cycle. Never put the sponge back into the main system, of course. Just toss the sponge, or boil it, if you need to. But, if you ghost feed the QT, you should always be okay. Algae is fine in your QT, but the darker you keep new arrivals, the better.
earlybird
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Originally Posted by Kilhullen
I thought about transferring water from the DT and then I read there is actually very little free floating bacteria. You get a better start by transfering seed from the filters.
Exactly right.
My qt consists of two 10g whisper filters, one packed with sponge media and the other with carbon that I change weekly. I also have a mj 400 pointed at the surface. I have two 1" pvc pieces that have a small piece of foam in the center for more beneficial bacteria to leech onto. For added bio filtration I've got a handfull of shells on the bare bottom. Also have a heater, thermometer, egg crate top with single strip flouro light.
I wouldn't recommend cleaning the pvc as believe it or not the beneficial bacteria can be housed on it's surface. You could even rought it up with sand paper so you get even more.
It's very difficult to maintain an ammonia and nitrite free 10g qt. For this reason it's a good idea to always have some make up water mixing so that you can perform small water changes over the week or every day. It's pretty simple.
Hope this helps.
I thought about transferring water from the DT and then I read there is actually very little free floating bacteria. You get a better start by transfering seed from the filters.
Exactly right.
My qt consists of two 10g whisper filters, one packed with sponge media and the other with carbon that I change weekly. I also have a mj 400 pointed at the surface. I have two 1" pvc pieces that have a small piece of foam in the center for more beneficial bacteria to leech onto. For added bio filtration I've got a handfull of shells on the bare bottom. Also have a heater, thermometer, egg crate top with single strip flouro light.
I wouldn't recommend cleaning the pvc as believe it or not the beneficial bacteria can be housed on it's surface. You could even rought it up with sand paper so you get even more.
It's very difficult to maintain an ammonia and nitrite free 10g qt. For this reason it's a good idea to always have some make up water mixing so that you can perform small water changes over the week or every day. It's pretty simple.
Hope this helps.