using mantis tank for qt??

[sabazerehi]

noo i'm not planning on setting a fish loose in my mantis tank lol. but now that i've got your attention, i was wondering if i could get a big enough container and drill some holes in it, put some rocks and sand in it, would it be possible to use my nano as a qt? this way i wont have to set up another tank, and my nano is much more stable than a 10g qt i'd be throwing together. just want to know if this sounds like a horrible idea, and if there's anything i might not have thought of (besides the fact that there's a mantis living in the tank ) that might be an issue.

[justinl]

I don't see a problem with it as long as your "QT" fish is something small and mostly inactive like a goby and the QT doesn't last too long.

[micstarz]

Well the fish might bring some disastrous pest algae spores with it, but that's about it, short of the fish jumping into the main tank and being eaten.

[Mentat]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14952845#post14952845 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sabazerehi
...just want to know if this sounds like a horrible idea, and if there's anything i might not have thought of (besides the fact that there's a mantis living in the tank ) that might be an issue.
Well, not horrible, but kind of bad LOL. Think many aquarists have bad experiences with QT because they do not provide the proper environment for the fish. It's easy to understand if you place yourself in the fish place.

A dedicated QT tank that is large enough for fish needs (swim, bioload, feel safe) with no predators in same water will help it recover from transfer and or shipping and allow you to observe closely and medicate if required. If medication is needed, you would need to re-transfer fish to another tank because the Mantis won't survive it. Now your Mantis tank would be hosting a fish pathogen and could not be used for fish until all pathogens die-off due to lack of proper hosts, which could take around 12 weeks in case of resistant spores.

If it's easy, a shortcut, or a "smart" move in this SW hobby... it's bound to cause problems down the line... and we all dislike fishy problems.

[sabazerehi]

thanks guys, i didn't think it would be an issue for the mantis but if it is i'll of course just set up a qt, you're right though, there's never an easy way out in this hobby lol.