Quarantine tank set up.

micrors4racer · 04/07/2010, 02:04 AM

I had a outbreak of ich and my tank has been fallow for 6 weeks and I want to start quarantining 2 clowns while I wait the last few weeks. I have a 5 gallon storage container that I want to use for my quarantine. I have a heater, powerhead, and going to borrow a small pico filter.

How should water changes be performed? And is it a wise idea to use my foam filter in my display and put it in the quarantine tank filter to provide some biological filtration?

Crush Coral · 04/07/2010, 03:53 AM

Don't transfer any ich infected item from your display. Also if you try to set up a tank now it will cycle and you will loose your clowns. A QT tank should be a cycled and stable tank. If you want to start QTing your fish start that tank now at least with a power filter and let it cycle. Or you could start it up with h2o from your display, get everything running, put like one shrimp pellet in it per week and let it stabilize. Sometimes I put a couple hermit crabs and snails in to keep mine running and then transfer them to my display before I add a new fish to QT. Good luck and remember - go slow!!!!!!!!!!!

micrors4racer · 04/07/2010, 04:10 AM

My tank has been fallow for six weeks so I do not believe that it is still ich infected. I am going to wait 3 more weeks just to make sure but I am setting up the QT tank soon so once the display is ready the fish should be too.

glaukos · 04/07/2010, 04:31 AM

my advice is to keep them in qt for more than 2 weeks

fish can carry ick or other stuff and show absolutely no signs of it
just my poor opinion that comes from a bad experience:-(

tangzzz · 04/07/2010, 01:06 PM

I would say 30 days minimum in the Qt.

gatorsfan · 04/07/2010, 01:13 PM

I am with Tangzz I would wait at least 30 days.

04/07/2010, 02:04 AM	#1
micrors4racer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Milpitas, CA Posts: 256	Quarantine tank set up. I had a outbreak of ich and my tank has been fallow for 6 weeks and I want to start quarantining 2 clowns while I wait the last few weeks. I have a 5 gallon storage container that I want to use for my quarantine. I have a heater, powerhead, and going to borrow a small pico filter. How should water changes be performed? And is it a wise idea to use my foam filter in my display and put it in the quarantine tank filter to provide some biological filtration?

04/07/2010, 03:53 AM	#2
Crush Coral Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Central Wisconsin Posts: 1,233	Don't transfer any ich infected item from your display. Also if you try to set up a tank now it will cycle and you will loose your clowns. A QT tank should be a cycled and stable tank. If you want to start QTing your fish start that tank now at least with a power filter and let it cycle. Or you could start it up with h2o from your display, get everything running, put like one shrimp pellet in it per week and let it stabilize. Sometimes I put a couple hermit crabs and snails in to keep mine running and then transfer them to my display before I add a new fish to QT. Good luck and remember - go slow!!!!!!!!!!!

04/07/2010, 04:10 AM	#3
micrors4racer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Milpitas, CA Posts: 256	My tank has been fallow for six weeks so I do not believe that it is still ich infected. I am going to wait 3 more weeks just to make sure but I am setting up the QT tank soon so once the display is ready the fish should be too.

04/07/2010, 04:31 AM	#4
glaukos Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,106	my advice is to keep them in qt for more than 2 weeks fish can carry ick or other stuff and show absolutely no signs of it just my poor opinion that comes from a bad experience:-(

04/07/2010, 01:06 PM	#5
tangzzz Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 70	I would say 30 days minimum in the Qt.

04/07/2010, 01:13 PM	#6
gatorsfan Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Utah Posts: 105	I am with Tangzz I would wait at least 30 days.