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View Poll Results: do u quarantine
not a chance	7	17.95%
no but i should	24	61.54%
yes fish only	4	10.26%
corals only	1	2.56%
any thing wet goes into qt for the recomended 4-6 week period	3	7.69%
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10-31-2005, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by scuglass

many peopel keep spare sponges in there sumps which populate with bacterian then when the qt is needed u just pop one of those in the filter and u already have the backteria to help reduce these level s and no cycle .

That's exactly how I keep mine ready. I usually try to fill the QT with half new water and the other half from my tank. I like to plan my purchases and have the QT tank set up a few days or a week ahead to help avoid amonia spikes.

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50 gallon FOWLR, 10 gallon sump.
130 gallon reef, 20 gallon sump, 10 gallon refugium.
10 gallon quarantine.
60 gallon winter tank for pond fish.
300 gallon pond with waterfall.

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