Quarantine tanks...

[spencerC]

What would be required for them?
I have a spare 10 gal tank, I'm just wondering what else I would need equipment-wise to have it as a working quarantine tank.

Will I want to have substrate in there? Wouldn't that potentially house a bacteria/illness that the fish may have and pass it on to the next one who goes through?

Would a relatively simple/inexpensive filter work because of the 1-at-a-time inhabitance? Would i need a protein skimmer?

Would something like this work as well?
http://oceanaquatics.com/store/product/2210/Deco-Kit-3/

[spencerC]

bump?

[Joe Reefer]

The tank you linked to is a little small for a QT tank IMO. The size of your QT depends on the size of your main tank and what your going to put in quarentine. For example, If you need to quarentine a 6" naso your going to need a large tank for it to be comfortable in. I use a 10 gallon breeder w/ a heater, some floss, carbon and amonia remover in a small fluval. The only thing in the tank is the fish and a piece of 4" pipe for it to hide in. I do water changes every couple days with water from my main tank. If your planning on qt'ing coral lighting would be something you would have to consider. For now I just dip and inspect all the non-swimming inhabitants the go in my main tank.

[fishoholic]

We use a 10g tank for QT. We use some water from our main tank and run a fluval filter on it. No sand/substrate because you don't want bacteria to grow in it. A piece of pipe for the fish to hide in is nice too.

[michika]

I used to do the same as everyone else here has mentioned, no substrate, and a piece of pipe. I also used to have the bottom of my 30g tank painted dark blue because I found the reflection of a clean bottom can stress fish.

When I used to QT SPS frags, I just dip now due to space constraints, I found that it was hard to keep good water quality. I tried really hard to maintain good parameters, but it was just too hard and I eventually gave up. I still dip religiously though, once going in, and once going out.

[mseepman]

I assume by dip you mean a "fresh water" dip?