sac10918
Member
Hi
I would like to set up a quarantine tank that I can have set up while I add the next two fish I would like over the next few months....
I have set up a QT in the past to treak Ich, and I have a lot of the equipment I need already....
So, what do i do? HEre is my plan....
1) Set up my 10 gallon QT with all equipment I have (phosban reactor, heater, filter, etc.) by using water from my 24 gallon display tank and a piece of live rock that I will put in there to help with the cycle. My undertanding is that by using water from the DT (and a piece of live rock) and by NOT using live substrate, my QT will cycle quicker than if I used "new" saltwater....
2) Also, I do have a cheapo HOB filter made by Marineland....I think it is like a biowheel or something. In the past, I have added live bacteria to the wheel to get the colonizing going, but that was when I set up the tank in a few hours as an emergency QT (and it was therefore uncycled). I was thinking about getting the subcurrent internal wet dry filter made by current USA and using that rather than my crummy little HOB filter.... Here is the link...
http://www.current-usa.com/files/SubCurrent8026Manual.pdf
So, what else do I need to do?
Also, I don't really understand what I do with my fish once I get this thing up and going....Do I put the fish in here for a few weeks to make sure that it is eating and healthy? Or, do I want to treat the fish for diseases like Ich even if they are not visible.....
I would like to set up a quarantine tank that I can have set up while I add the next two fish I would like over the next few months....
I have set up a QT in the past to treak Ich, and I have a lot of the equipment I need already....
So, what do i do? HEre is my plan....
1) Set up my 10 gallon QT with all equipment I have (phosban reactor, heater, filter, etc.) by using water from my 24 gallon display tank and a piece of live rock that I will put in there to help with the cycle. My undertanding is that by using water from the DT (and a piece of live rock) and by NOT using live substrate, my QT will cycle quicker than if I used "new" saltwater....
2) Also, I do have a cheapo HOB filter made by Marineland....I think it is like a biowheel or something. In the past, I have added live bacteria to the wheel to get the colonizing going, but that was when I set up the tank in a few hours as an emergency QT (and it was therefore uncycled). I was thinking about getting the subcurrent internal wet dry filter made by current USA and using that rather than my crummy little HOB filter.... Here is the link...
http://www.current-usa.com/files/SubCurrent8026Manual.pdf
So, what else do I need to do?
Also, I don't really understand what I do with my fish once I get this thing up and going....Do I put the fish in here for a few weeks to make sure that it is eating and healthy? Or, do I want to treat the fish for diseases like Ich even if they are not visible.....
