Opinions about QT tank needed

[elegance coral]

As some of you know, I had an illness that wiped out most of my display tank fish. (marine velvet??????) On the first of this month, I moved a surviving pair of perculas to a QT tank. I treated them with malachite green and hyposalinity. They seem to be fine now. I'm leaving for the Florida Keys on the 24th. I have a dog/fish sitter coming to stay at the house while I'm gone. My plan was to move the clowns back to the display on October 1st. I'm nervous about leaving them in QT while I'm gone though.

The question is......

Do I leave them in a 20gl QT for 4 days with no natural food to graze on, no biological filter, and probably no water changes, or do I risk returning them to the display after just 24 days?

 

[rayn]

I agree with the need for a filter. However that wont seed overnight, so get some amquelor prime.

I would just leave them after that. Your moving, so you're going to move the fish and stress them then. Why add to it now?

 

[SDguy]

If they are established fish, 4 days of no food won't phase them, so don't even consider that as a problem.

 

[davocean]

I've read that clowns don't handle the malachite green as well as most other fish for some reason, and I recall when treating mine they were the first to appear weak from treatment.
I'm guessing maybe you've done WC's to lighten the malachite up or remove it maybe, that would be my only concern.
I pulled my clowns from QT treatment earlier than the other fish from this concern, and soon as I did they made a very noticeable improvement almost right away.

 

[palmer373]

elegance said "no natural food to graze on" so i think its ment that the sitter will feed the tank (once, maybe twice a day) but since the tank isnt established there will be no algae or similar for the clowns to graze on so they are always full. honestly, and im not expert, i think they will be fine in the QT for 4 days but its your choice.