If you've successfully kept a Kole Yellow-Eyed tang through QT...

[Dr Colliebreath]

Congrats! I am glad to see it has worked out so well.

 

[iwishtofish]

Congrats! I am glad to see it has worked out so well.

Thank you very much - and I appreciate all your advice.

 

[tfrechette]

An interesting thread from QT to DT. I was thinking this seemed quite stressful on you. Glad you and fish made it through.

Curious if there was anything you would have done differently.

Cheers.

 

[Daniel Reef]

I'm happy to hear the little guy is doing well.

 

[iwishtofish]

An interesting thread from QT to DT. I was thinking this seemed quite stressful on you. Glad you and fish made it through.

Curious if there was anything you would have done differently.

Cheers.

I think I would have done at least two things differently.

* I would have had a cycled tank, rather than just relying on a biowheel from my sump. Perhaps I would have a piece or two of sacrificial live rock. This way, I wouldn't have felt it necessary to do daily water changes.

* I would have contacted the vendor, and tailored my salinity to somewhere in the area of that in which they ship the fish.

Yes, I think success was pretty important to me. I'm tired of losing fish.

I'm happy to hear the little guy is doing well.

Thank you!

 

[bellis31]

Tang looks great good job...

I agree about starting with a cycled QT I will be doing the same for now on. Relying on water changes and Amquel sucks.. My clowns will be lonely for some time once they make it into the DT I simply don't have the energy to do another fish QT right now...

 

[iwishtofish]

Tang looks great good job...

I agree about starting with a cycled QT I will be doing the same for now on. Relying on water changes and Amquel sucks.. My clowns will be lonely for some time once they make it into the DT I simply don't have the energy to do another fish QT right now...

I can certainly understand that! I am dropping mysis in my QT periodically, to keep some bacteria going. No idea when I'll look for another fish, but probably soon.

 

[MrTuskfish]

Here's something I've posted often. Ammonia dosen't have to be a problem in a QT/HT....this works extremely well.


"In regards to Qt cycling; I've done this for years. Get a HOB filter; I really like Aqua-Clear, they have a big sponge and last forever. Don't use the carbon or ceramic noodles that come with the filter. Also, have some extra sponges on hand, they're cheap. Keep a sponge in the flow somewhere in your DT. When you need a QT or HT, just use the sponge that has been in your main system in your QT filter---the QT will be instantly cycled. When done, toss the sponge and keep a new one ready in your main system.
BTW, Cupramine copper, used in a QT,will not destroy a bio-filter."

 

[iwishtofish]

Here's something I've posted often. Ammonia dosen't have to be a problem in a QT/HT....this works extremely well.


"In regards to Qt cycling; I've done this for years. Get a HOB filter; I really like Aqua-Clear, they have a big sponge and last forever. Don't use the carbon or ceramic noodles that come with the filter. Also, have some extra sponges on hand, they're cheap. Keep a sponge in the flow somewhere in your DT. When you need a QT or HT, just use the sponge that has been in your main system in your QT filter---the QT will be instantly cycled. When done, toss the sponge and keep a new one ready in your main system.
BTW, Cupramine copper, used in a QT,will not destroy a bio-filter."

I used a Penguin biowheel that sat in my sump for months. Maybe I never even needed to worry about ammonia. My API test kit may have been off, or I may have been reading it wrong.

Do you think the biowheel would work well like the sponges you mention?

 

[MrTuskfish]

I used a Penguin biowheel that sat in my sump for months. Maybe I never even needed to worry about ammonia. My API test kit may have been off, or I may have been reading it wrong.

Do you think the biowheel would work well like the sponges you mention?

It might. Bio-wheels (IMO) are very good for ammonia/nitrite. I prefer the AC filters because the sponges have huge surface area and are cheap. I go through a lot of them. I think the surface area of a bio-wheel should culture enough aerobic bacteria to do the job; after a few weeks in an active DT flow area. Although I like to just toss the sponges; the bio-wheel could be use again after a complete drying and a day in the sun. I'm just not nuts about returning anything used in a QT to the DT....my parasite paranoia.

 

[bellis31]

Here's something I've posted often. Ammonia dosen't have to be a problem in a QT/HT....this works extremely well.


"In regards to Qt cycling; I've done this for years. Get a HOB filter; I really like Aqua-Clear, they have a big sponge and last forever. Don't use the carbon or ceramic noodles that come with the filter. Also, have some extra sponges on hand, they're cheap. Keep a sponge in the flow somewhere in your DT. When you need a QT or HT, just use the sponge that has been in your main system in your QT filter---the QT will be instantly cycled. When done, toss the sponge and keep a new one ready in your main system.
BTW, Cupramine copper, used in a QT,will not destroy a bio-filter."

I agree... thats what I did and that worked for me until I used HYPO to treat ich then I lost my bacteria and ammonia became an issue..

I will be re-establishing the QT with a new sponge when I begin to raise my salinity to normal prior to returning the fish to the DT..

 

[rssjsb]

It might. Bio-wheels (IMO) are very good for ammonia/nitrite. I prefer the AC filters because the sponges have huge surface area and are cheap. I go through a lot of them. I think the surface area of a bio-wheel should culture enough aerobic bacteria to do the job; after a few weeks in an active DT flow area. Although I like to just toss the sponges; the bio-wheel could be use again after a complete drying and a day in the sun. I'm just not nuts about returning anything used in a QT to the DT....my parasite paranoia.

Agree completely. I also use the AC hang-on-back filters in my qt and always keep a new sponge "seeding" in the sump of my DT. That way, I am ready to get a quarantine or hospital tank going anytime. I don't think I would reintroduce a used QT sponge back to my DT sump either.

 

[dowtish]

great thread! just read the whole thing! this is proof positive stuff here.