Can I use high temperature to kill velvet in a QT?

[arc eye]

I suspect my quarantine tank with cycled dry rock may have been exposed to velvet. Can I crank up the temp to kill the velvet and then let the tank recycle to avoid the 6 to 8 week fallow period? Like 100 plus degrees Fahrenheit?

There is nothing in the tank other than cycle dry rock.

 

[Newsmyrna80]

6-8 weeks fallow will kill off velvet without raising temp

 

[GroktheCube]

I don't think 100 would do it, but I'm not sure. I'm pretty confident it takes oxidation (H2O2, bleach), drying, or boiling to kill the cysts.

 

[arc eye]

What if I were to dry out the tank, rock, and equipment for a day or so and then start over?

 

[snorvich]

Raised temperature will not help. NO residual water would help but how in the world can you do that with rock. Six weeks fallow works.

 

[arc eye]

Ok. Better safe than sorry. 6 weeks it is.

 

[MrTuskfish]

While you're at it; I'd just remove the LR. LR in a QT makes accurately dosing meds almost impossible. An easy way to cycle a QT is to use a HOB filter (I really like Aqua Clear) and keep the filter sponge/ceramic noodles in the flow of your main system. Adding this cycled media to your QT filter when needed will instantly cycle a QT. Also, there are a couple of bacteria-in-a-bottle additives that actually work: Dr. Tim's and Bio-Spira.