quarentine tank

frozenguy

frozenguy

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i am thinking of setting up a q tank now...to bring new livestock into.....
would a quarentine tank like that need to be established? like, should i start cycling some water? or can it be sterile and i just do a lot of water changes...
also, what do you quarentine...crabs? hermits? shrimp? corals? any inverts? or just fish....
 
frozenguy

frozenguy

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well, what is a medium? also, the cartridge of the eclipse hood i just stopped using (built my own canopy and got alternative equipment) is dirty..but i used that for like a month.....is that what i should use?
and doesn't it need to recycle for weeks?
 
s_l_pugh

s_l_pugh

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Sorry to but in, but I have been checking this out. I have read up on the QT and hypo - 1.009.
My maroon has ich - I believe.
I have an empty 10 gallon I used years ago for freshwater. Cound I use that as a QT? Do I start it like a would a SW tank? Nothing fancy - no sand, no big lights? What about a filter? I have a penguin I used on my sw tank before I got a fluval, could I use that? Will that be enough filtration by itself?
Where can I get more info regarding the set up of QT?
Thanks.
 
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