QT tank questions.

[daniella3d]

since the bacterias are not in the water column then no you cannot cycle an aquarium by just putting water from an established tank.

The way I set up mine and have zero ammonia, is to take a few pieces of liverock from my main tank and put it in there with bare bottom. I use a small canister filter to collect the scrap and that's it.

I have done a 4 weeks treatment with Seachem paraguard and that did not kill the bacterias. Same with hyposalinity, the bacterias survived just fine but all the feather stars, feather duster and bristle worms, pods etc died.

I did a 5 week hyposalinity for my hippo tang with ich and that worked great, then did a 4 weeks treatment of paraguard for my niger trigger with one pop eye and that also worked.

Originally Posted by bignose

So after buying some fish that came with ich I've decided to learn from this mistake and start a qt. First I should mention that the sick fish I bought was not ready for sale and I place no blame on the store in any way.

Everyone please ask questions as I don't want this to be my thread and I would like to learn as much out of this as possible.

My first question is, can I set up a tank transfer some established tank water and have an instant qt? I would of course have a heater small light and powerhead in the tank.

[ILIKECOUGARS]

I just use water from display tank, live rock from sump into a 10g tank with a power head, and heater, instant QT tank. If I have to treat with any med, I take out the live rock.

[cale262]

Originally Posted by ILIKECOUGARS

I just use water from display tank, live rock from sump into a 10g tank with a power head, and heater, instant QT tank. If I have to treat with any med, I take out the live rock.

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[bignose]

Thanks everyone sounds like I need to learn about medication.

I have the following for my qt tank:
20G tank
rio nano skimmer
15W fluorescent light
rock from my dt sump - all different sizes
pump - seio 620gph or koralia 420gph not sure which one
heater - need to buy

What is a good qt period to start with?

[lastlight]

So rather than allow the fish to simply live in qt and release if appearing healthy... people treat their fish by default or what? I don't currently qt but plan to down the road when I have the space to.

[pirate]

I only quartine my fish when they are new to me. And when the period is done I take it down. limited space. But I keep the hob filter going (on the dt sump)

[Myka]

Originally Posted by bignose

What is a good qt period to start with?

6 weeks to be safe, 4 weeks if you want to cheat.

Originally Posted by lastlight

So rather than allow the fish to simply live in qt and release if appearing healthy... people treat their fish by default or what? I don't currently qt but plan to down the road when I have the space to.

I treat most fish by default with PraziPro for worming, but no other meds by default. For most other parasites I will fw dip and monitor instead of medicating.