Loaner/Cheap QT

[thatguy]

I did a stupid thing and put a fish from a store I shouldn't have trusted directly into my tank. At the moment I don't have the money for a QT tank, and I assure you I will not get any more fish until I have one. However, this doesn't help my current fish which all have ich. I can't treat the main tank because of the corals and inverts.

This brings us to the title of the thread. I wanted to see if anyone had a qt setup that I could get on loan for a few weeks, or that they would be able to part with cheap enough that my poor self could afford it.

I need something that can hold my 3.5"&1.25" Maroon clowns, 3" Green spotted puffer, 2" Coral Beauty.


thanks


ps. I am aware that I did a stupid thing and that I was a bad fish keeper. I am now doing what I can to resolve the situation and have learned my lesson, no need to point it out to me... I feel bad enough already.

 

[Fade]

Where era you located at? What are you going to do copper or hypo?

 

[thatguy]

I am in Edwardsville, Il.

Hypo was my inclination, so as to not pollute any of the equipment.

 

[McBeck]

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What else is in your tank? You might be able to do hypo in your display. How old is the tank, how big, water params?

Maybe the pet store where you purchased the fish will loan you a QT tank? I have a 15 gal I'm not using, but I'm way the heck out in Wentzville, MO. You'd be better off buying one for what it would cost you in gas to borrow mine.

If you do end up getting a QT tank, remember that you will have to do regular water changes to make up for the lack of bio-filtration. You need to test the water at least once a day.

 

[thatguy]

Also in the tank: GBTA, scooter blenny, yellow watchman, zoos, gsp, 2 mushrooms of some sort(they were tossed in by a buddy)

The tank has been up for 4+ months.
55g.

The only things I can test for at the moment:
A-0 N-0 N-0
sg-1.024
ph 8.3

I could swing the cost of a 10g tank and a small heater, but I don't think that would be big enough for all the fish. The clowns are doing well so far. The CB and the Puffer look like hell.

Could I treat just two fish and see if the clowns do better on their own?

 

[Shooter7]

Have you been to the fish disease forum and read the articles in the linked stickies? Here's the main one:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=282934

Trouble is, if you leave any fish in your display and just treat a couple, you are leaving hosts in the display tank to help further the ich's life cycle. To get it out of your display, the recommended method is to leave your tank fallow for something like 5 - 6 weeks, which means removing ALL of your fish.

I am about to begin hypo treatment on my cherub I just purchased as he has a few white specks on him. He's in a 29 gal QT. I thought about offering to put yours in with him, but that's alot of fish even for a 29 gal. Plus I'm not real sure about being responsible for someone else's entire fish stock either - especially someone I've never met. I believe Jack (sirreal) was the one saying he had a couple of 29 gal tanks available. Perhaps check with him. I think I only saw 20 longs down at GWA the other day. Not sure of other options. You could perhaps call Brian at Midwest Marine in Collinsville and he might have something you could use - definitely not sure on that one. All I can think of at the moment.

 

[Kathy55g]

tropical world pets usually has a good deal on tanks

 

[adamprice271]

I've got a 29 gallon I'm not using. Call my cell 314-566-8188. I'm in sunset hills (270 and tesson ferry). You can borrow it for a while or $20 bucks and you can keep it.