Live Rock In Quarantine?

Originally Posted by MarkoD

ok so i set up a 25 gallon quarantine tank with a 15 gallon sump.

in the quarantine tank i have a powerhead, a few pieces of PVC pipe for hiding spots and a few fake plants

in the sump i have my heater and i transfered a few pieces of liverock from my main display's sump. the one piece of liverock has a bunch of sponges on it

is this ok for now? i have a bucket full of bioballs but i dont know what to use.

if i medicate the tank, will the good bacteria die or just the sponges and whatever little bugs are on the rock?

I have a QT with LR in it if medication is needed then I isolate in a separate hospital tank. QT is for isolation and observation before they go into the DT not medicating fish. Medicating fish a whole different world you can set up a hospital tank in about 10 mins . I have a 5g tank for treating fish and a 10g tank. run a air line and water you have to do water changes every day but they are not that huge.

I make my QT so there is hiding spots that are near normal for the fish they don't get as stressed out before they go into the DT. the only fish I lost in the past 6 months was a blond Naso tang from a power outage in the night. only 1 fish out of three tanks I would say that is a good ending considering the power was out for 8 and half hours. I guess I could have fired up the generator but didn't want to wake up the neighbors

Bill.
Bill