jcolley
Member
Just had a thought as I'm getting ready to pull all of my fish out of QT and back in to my DT which was fallowed for ich.
I have a fairly healthy QT system with lots of ceramic media and have housed 3 tangs and about 10 smaller fish, fed very healthily, for about 8 weeks now. I would like to move the QT down to the cellar and keep it set up for new fish and as a contingency if I were to ever need to fallow my DT again without having to jump through hoops to get it set up again.
This raises the question:
When the system bioload is reduced (removing most if not all of the fish), will the quantity beneficial bacteria in the QT decay away with a lack of food source? Obviously I can still feed the empty tank, but is that the same as feeding it fish waste?
Would I be able to place all the fish back in the system immediately in the future without concern for overloading biological capacity of the QT?
It would seem there would be an equilibrium quantity of bacteria in the system and any change in the food/waste levels of the tank would alter growth/decay rate until a new equilibrium value is established.
Thoughts?
I have a fairly healthy QT system with lots of ceramic media and have housed 3 tangs and about 10 smaller fish, fed very healthily, for about 8 weeks now. I would like to move the QT down to the cellar and keep it set up for new fish and as a contingency if I were to ever need to fallow my DT again without having to jump through hoops to get it set up again.
This raises the question:
When the system bioload is reduced (removing most if not all of the fish), will the quantity beneficial bacteria in the QT decay away with a lack of food source? Obviously I can still feed the empty tank, but is that the same as feeding it fish waste?
Would I be able to place all the fish back in the system immediately in the future without concern for overloading biological capacity of the QT?
It would seem there would be an equilibrium quantity of bacteria in the system and any change in the food/waste levels of the tank would alter growth/decay rate until a new equilibrium value is established.
Thoughts?
