Quarantine Tank Plumbing

[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.

[jostafew]

I think the conclusion has been made above to keep it stand alone (which I think is the right thing to do) but regarding the dissimilar water conditions there's a really easy way to deal with that. When you're doing water changes in the DT, use the water that you pull out of there to do a water change in the QT. That way you're always cycling water from the DT through the QT and the params will be very nearly identical so there's no acclimation stress going from one to the other, asside from the trauma of being cought of course!