Guide to setup a Quarantine Tank (QT).
- Thread starter Dr. Reef
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Dr. Reef, very good information here. Thanks for the post. Question, is it possible to have a permanent QT running with no light and heater during the fallow period when there is no animal in it? Essentially, the QT will just have a powerhead and a basic filter box. Will this work? I am not sure if the nitrifying bacteria survive at room temperature (65 - 73 degree F).
tassod
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I've read another sticky on hypo and it stated to bring salinity down to 1.009 within 48 hours but the method you are advising on will take 17 days from the 1.026 mark. Does it really need to be done 1 pt per day? How do you know how much water to take out exactly to match 1 point on a 20 gallon?
thank u,
also leaving the qt tank with out any lights will not hurt anything. lights are totally optional for fish only tanks just makes observation and identification on disease easier.
now about nitrifying bacteria here is the scientific data i have for you.
The temperature for optimum growth of nitrifying bacteria is between 77-86° F (25-30° C).
Growth rate is decreased by 50% at 64° F (18° C).
Growth rate is decreased by 75% at 46-50° F.
No activity will occur at 39° F (4° C)
Nitrifying bacteria will die at 32° F (0° C).
Nitrifying bacteria will die at 120° F (49° C)
tassod
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Prazipro in main reef DT
Prazipro in main reef DT
bnumair, i've been reading about prazipro and it seems that the consensus is that it can be used safely in reef DT. I would like your opinion on this. My blue hippo is twiching and scratching itself on rocks and makes frequent visits to my "cleaner shrimp" station to be cleaned.
Prazipro in main reef DT
bnumair, i've been reading about prazipro and it seems that the consensus is that it can be used safely in reef DT. I would like your opinion on this. My blue hippo is twiching and scratching itself on rocks and makes frequent visits to my "cleaner shrimp" station to be cleaned.
I understand, fish can handle a drop in salinity well. u can drop a point or 2 in the morning then another point or 2 in the after noon and 2 more at night and so on. as long as its not a huge change like going from 1.026 to 1.016 (10 points) in 1 go u will be fine to drop over 48 hrs.
point is to cause as less stress as possible to fish that is already stressed in a new tank small space and many other factors.
but yes in short u can drop salinity like advised in another forum. my suggestions are always towards the extreme safe sides due to the simple fact that most of my audience are new hobbyist that generally have no to very little idea of what they are doing and at that early stage of hobby people freak out even at fish yawning. lol.
Good luck and safe reefing.
yes parazipro is reef safe and can be used in DT, but generally here on RC and my personal recommendation is not to dose meds in DT and rather treat in qt.
tassod
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Ok understood, thanks for the advice on this and the hypo salinity. I'm just thinking it may be difficult to catch my current fish in the DT.
tassod
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I have a 125g DT and a 40 long sump (48X12.5X17) and probably about 75-80lbs or live rock and a 1.5" substrate. My guess is that my water volume is around 140 gallons or so. Will that small $12 bottle be enough to dose this DT?
according to manufacturer its 1 teaspoon for every 20 gal or 1oz for 120gal.
16oz bottle will run ur first treatment. u will need another bottle for second treatment if u need it.
those are all signs of ich, prazipro will not do any good for ich. u will need to take the fish out and treat it with hypo or copper or tank transfer method.
tassod
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I see no white spots on him though and he is not breathing heavily, he just looks annoyed and just wants to shake off whatever is bothering him. All the other fish are fine.
go ahead with prazipro if there are any worms or flukes or other parasites and get that out of the way. if it does break out with white spots then u will need to do differently. scratching and cleaning via shrimp are signs of some parasite.
let me know what happens...
Good luck
let me know what happens...
Good luck
tassod
New member
Now the instructions say to start with as large of a water change as possible...so I would do a water change first then start the dosing correct? or should i just follow what you said which is :
run prazipro for 1 week then 50% water change
next day dose 50% less prazipro (as 50% is still in water from first dose)
run second dose for 1 week as well.
once done with second dose do another 50% water change.
after that u have 2 choices. 1. either do another 50% water change(second one making 100% water change) next day. or 2. run carbon (if u run carbon no need to do second water change)
run prazipro for 1 week then 50% water change
next day dose 50% less prazipro (as 50% is still in water from first dose)
run second dose for 1 week as well.
once done with second dose do another 50% water change.
after that u have 2 choices. 1. either do another 50% water change(second one making 100% water change) next day. or 2. run carbon (if u run carbon no need to do second water change)
dominguez00025
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Very helpful thread thanks alot
nickbuol
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I have a QT question sort of.
I coordinated a large group buy from a reputible online reseller (the biggest one as far as I know), anyway, FedEx held the shipment up for an extra day in Memphis. So things arrived 24 hour later than expected. There were only a couple of DOA items, but one of my fish was a coral beauty that was on the verge of death.
I acclimated super slowly and thought for sure it was a goner. I was really at teh point of almost flushing the fish, but as I started dumping water out of the acclimation bucket, the fish flutered a little. I had my 10 gallon QT up and running already, and there was nothing more to acclimate. I just wanted to get the fish into some moving and arrated water.
Flash forward 6 hours and the fish is swimming in the QT. Still breathing a bit heavy, but swimming.
That was Wednesday night. Now last night, it has one eye sticking out pretty far. It is clear, but definately sticking out. My guess is that it got scratched when it was lying down inside the bucket and then fluttered around on its side, going against the bottom of the bucket.
I would normally be working on starting Prazipro, but don't know if that will stress things more or not.
I was reading last night about some theraputic results using epsom salt dosage a 1 Tbs per 5 gallons, but didn't know if there were any other thoughts on that both now as well as in conjunction with wanting to start Prazipro.
My focus at the moment is treating the eye as well as getting it to eat, which it hasn't yet.
Any thoughts?
I coordinated a large group buy from a reputible online reseller (the biggest one as far as I know), anyway, FedEx held the shipment up for an extra day in Memphis. So things arrived 24 hour later than expected. There were only a couple of DOA items, but one of my fish was a coral beauty that was on the verge of death.
I acclimated super slowly and thought for sure it was a goner. I was really at teh point of almost flushing the fish, but as I started dumping water out of the acclimation bucket, the fish flutered a little. I had my 10 gallon QT up and running already, and there was nothing more to acclimate. I just wanted to get the fish into some moving and arrated water.
Flash forward 6 hours and the fish is swimming in the QT. Still breathing a bit heavy, but swimming.
That was Wednesday night. Now last night, it has one eye sticking out pretty far. It is clear, but definately sticking out. My guess is that it got scratched when it was lying down inside the bucket and then fluttered around on its side, going against the bottom of the bucket.
I would normally be working on starting Prazipro, but don't know if that will stress things more or not.
I was reading last night about some theraputic results using epsom salt dosage a 1 Tbs per 5 gallons, but didn't know if there were any other thoughts on that both now as well as in conjunction with wanting to start Prazipro.
My focus at the moment is treating the eye as well as getting it to eat, which it hasn't yet.
Any thoughts?
first off sorry to hear all what happened.
epson salt is used in order to cure popeye which is what ur fish could have.
i have never treated a popeye on a fish generally its recommended to let it heal on its own over week to 10 days.
prazipro is safe to use right away and wont hurt anything. also epsom salt and prazipro can be done at the same time.
the only warning i have is make sure the epsom salt is 100% pure with no additives.
Good luck.
epson salt is used in order to cure popeye which is what ur fish could have.
i have never treated a popeye on a fish generally its recommended to let it heal on its own over week to 10 days.
prazipro is safe to use right away and wont hurt anything. also epsom salt and prazipro can be done at the same time.
the only warning i have is make sure the epsom salt is 100% pure with no additives.
Good luck.
