quarantine tank issues

even with foam media available unless it is alot it takes up to 2-3 days before the bioload is at it's max. If you have LR in the tank to begin with and some live animail then you have to feed it and it will keep the bio filter built up I also have some cheato in there just because I had extra. I don't get HA or red slime in the take and it has been up and running for 6 months. All new fish go into it for a minimum of 2-3 weeks and at that point the disition is made to keep them in there or move them.

Bill

[marie]

I have quarantined all new fish for the last 4 yrs. Here are somethings I've learned .....It's too hard to keep a bare tank cycled just in case you come home with an impulse bought fish. Besides if I have a tank with water in it, it ends up filled with live rock and other critters, making it useless to medicate fish if I need to.

For me, the best thing I've found is to use a small tank (10g) which I set up with tank water when I need it. I then do 25% water changes twice a day (3g water changes are quick and easy to do) to keep ammonia levels down.

Oh and every fish is automatically treated with cupramine for the first 2 weeks

[burtonpj48]

Originally Posted by marie

I have quarantined all new fish for the last 4 yrs. Here are somethings I've learned .....It's too hard to keep a bare tank cycled just in case you come home with an impulse bought fish. Besides if I have a tank with water in it, it ends up filled with live rock and other critters, making it useless to medicate fish if I need to.

For me, the best thing I've found is to use a small tank (10g) which I set up with tank water when I need it. I then do 25% water changes twice a day (3g water changes are quick and easy to do) to keep ammonia levels down.

Oh and every fish is automatically treated with cupramine for the first 2 weeks

I have a 10g tank too, i remember when i first used my qt tank in february last year and i also used tank water, I never understood why the ammonia, nitrates would rise if the tank water was cycled. So i thought i could run my tank for a long time and get rid of the nitrates and ammonia. I nver expected levels to rise, several months down the road. thanks everyone for the input,
your advice is greatly appreciated.