[Travis L. Stevens]

Step 2: Setting up a Hospital Tank

One of the most often overlooked and misunderstood parts of quarantining procedure is setting up a Hospital Tank when something does go wrong in the Quarantine Tank. Most often people take measures of either doing their treatment in the QT itself or set up a Hospital Tank and don't even know it. Quite simply by definition, a Hospital Tank is a seperate container in which treatments are applied. Most often people do their treatments in a bucket and not an actual tank. This is fine to do, but knowing and understanding what a Hospital Tank is helps you in the long run.

But in order for you to properly use a Hospital Tank, you need to know what the animal is afflicted with and how to treat it. I'll do my best to cover some of the more commonly found problems presented.

Identification: Parasites, Disease, Bacterial Infections, Predators, and Pests
Treatment
Hyposalinity
Copper
Freshwater Dips
Iodine Dips
Formalin Dips
Other
Setting Up A Hospital Tank