How long to leave quarantine tank alone?

[marie]

You could just drain it and bleach everything....

[ponokareefer]

Originally Posted by marie

You could just drain it and bleach everything....

When I refill it, won't that create a cycle again since it is essentially starting a new tank all over again? This tank has been running steady for a couple of years now.

[marie]

Originally Posted by ponokareefer

Any specific reason you pick 8 weeks?

That's the number of weeks it would take to make sure there is no ich in the tank

Originally Posted by ponokareefer

When I refill it, won't that create a cycle again since it is essentially starting a new tank all over again? This tank has been running steady for a couple of years now.

Yes it would start a cycle over again but if you have to wait 8 weeks to get rid of ich anyway, cycling would take less time


Leah I meant just that, if you use a bleach/water solution to clean the tank and filters then it would kill any possible pathogens and chlorine dissipates in a few days making the tank habitable again.

[ponokareefer]

Originally Posted by marie

That's the number of weeks it would take to make sure there is no ich in the tank

Any idea on the other diseases, or are there some that don't need fish to live?

[Leah]

Originally Posted by marie

You could just drain it and bleach everything....

Marie,

Could you please explain this in greater detail.