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[marie]

I have an achilles tang in his 7th week of quarantine right now. If I had put him in the main tank right away, he would of become another achilles tang statistic because he had marine velvet and ick.

A quarantine tank isn't that hard to set up. If you have a hob filter, you can keep the sponges for it in the sump of the main tank. When a new fish is expected in, just fill aquarium with water, add cheesy tank decorations for hiding places and use the already bacteria seeded sponges for your biological filtration.

After the fish are put in the main tank, you take the quarantine tank down, bleach everything, put new sponges in the sump and it is ready for the next fish

[adidas]

it's just harder for me because of a disablity, other wise i would have already been treating him. i want to try and stuff him with garlic and nori with selcon, but my rabbit and sailfin are total hogs! lol

[andrewsk]

Originally Posted by adidas

it's just harder for me because of a disablity, other wise i would have already been treating him. i want to try and stuff him with garlic and nori with selcon, but my rabbit and sailfin are total hogs! lol

I am sure you know this but Hippos's need more meat than veggies. Buy him some Freeze Dried marine plankton and soak that in Garlic and Selcon instead. Freeze Dried foods are GREAT for adding vitamins etc.

Good luck leaving him in the Main tank. Ill keep my fingers crossed for you.

If you are unable to setup the quarantine tank, how did you set up the main tank? If someone helped you, Can that same person help you with Quarantine as well?

Where do you live in Calgary? Perhaps someone close to you could assist if you run into more trouble.

[Farrmanchu]

I have a Hippo/Regal also, showed ich in the first week, treated food with Selcon, and still do, make sure the fish eats well, Skunk Cleaner Shrimp took care of the rest. Ich lasted three days, now ich-free for a month. I agree that most systems contain ich, but a healthy, well fed fish, unstressed, will not get it.

I forgot to mention, I feed New Life Spectrum Marine pellets soaked in Selcon in the morning, I think it's Garlic fortified.

[adidas]

Originally Posted by andrewsk

I am sure you know this but Hippos's need more meat than veggies. Buy him some Freeze Dried marine plankton and soak that in Garlic and Selcon instead. Freeze Dried foods are GREAT for adding vitamins etc.

Good luck leaving him in the Main tank. Ill keep my fingers crossed for you.

If you are unable to setup the quarantine tank, how did you set up the main tank? If someone helped you, Can that same person help you with Quarantine as well?

Where do you live in Calgary? Perhaps someone close to you could assist if you run into more trouble.

i'll give him some mysis soaked in garlic tonight, i've also been feeding selcon every day. he actually looks better today, so i'm hoping I can fatten him up and get him through it.

I could probably get my roomie to help me with a quarrintine, he is just a little lazy lol

[Palster]

Originally Posted by marie

A quarantine tank isn't that hard to set up. If you have a hob filter, you can keep the sponges for it in the sump of the main tank. When a new fish is expected in, just fill aquarium with water, add cheesy tank decorations for hiding places and use the already bacteria seeded sponges for your biological filtration.

I love the idea of keeping the HOB sponges in the sump. I haven't added any new fish to my tank for a while and I was unsure of what to do with my QT tank but now I will be tearing it down and just throwing the filter sponge in the sump until I need to QT again. Thanks for the great tip Marie!