Quarantine Tank Plumbing

[FishyFishy!]

The tank I will be using is fairly large, its a 4 foot 70 Gallon tank.

[Nano]

I thought the idea of QT was to deal with diseases and what not with out infecting the DT, IMO i'd keep it separate. but thats just me and I'm a noob

[tim the toolman]

Yeah a 70g would be a bit much to deal with IMO. Best of luck lol

[marie]

A quarantine tank should stand alone. If a new fish turns out to have a disease, the shared plumbing could send the disease/parasite into the main tank.

[FishyFishy!]

Originally Posted by marie

A quarantine tank should stand alone. If a new fish turns out to have a disease, the shared plumbing could send the disease/parasite into the main tank.

Yeah that would be my idea as well. I think i'll stick to the stand alone ones. So far I have been running a set up that I completely drain when not in use, so maybe i'll set up a smaller tank to make it easier.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

Yeah that would be my idea as well. I think i'll stick to the stand alone ones. So far I have been running a set up that I completely drain when not in use, so maybe i'll set up a smaller tank to make it easier.

That's what I've always done with FW and will do with my new SW setup.
Depending on how large your new guys are, or the ones you have that may get sick, a 20 or 30g isn't so bad to deal with when you need to fill it.

Think of it this way;
Isolation tank is tapped into the DT
Quarantine is not

[Reef Pilot]

I actually have 2 tanks that I can use as QT's. One is a refugium that I can connect or disconnect to my main sump. The other is stand alone, but I still have it plumbed so I can send DT water to it with a water change, to get the new fish acclimatized to the DT.

It really helps to have the DT upstairs, and my sump and other tanks all downstairs.

I use hypo salinity when quarantining new fish. Have never used copper or other chemicals.