QT Tank Setup
- Thread starter reaganfan
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Dan Thrash
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i setup a QT with just a 20 gal tank, cheap flourescent light hood, heater, powerhead and aquaclear filter. just soak the filter sponge in your main tank for a few weeks, then put it in the QT. i also added some PVC fittings for the fish to hide in. the only fish i have had in it were my clowns. i just put them in to observe. they never had ich or anything so i didnt have to treat them, but i keep them in there for a few weeks anyway.
julianp
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I always do 6 weeks of hyposalinity (1.009 verified with a calibrated refractometer) on all fish. Lowers stress and eliminates any chance of parasite introduction to the display tank. This is done in a bare-bottom glass tank with big, black ABS pieces for hiding spots.
Anything "wet" other than fish (such as inverts, macroalgae, live rock) that I add I quarantine for 6 weeks in normal salinity in a separate quarantine tank with no bony fishes present. This way, parasite cysts present will complete their life cycle and die off because of lack of a fish host. This is done in a 10 gallon glass tank with a 1" sandbed so the crabs/snails are in a more natural environment.
Anything "wet" other than fish (such as inverts, macroalgae, live rock) that I add I quarantine for 6 weeks in normal salinity in a separate quarantine tank with no bony fishes present. This way, parasite cysts present will complete their life cycle and die off because of lack of a fish host. This is done in a 10 gallon glass tank with a 1" sandbed so the crabs/snails are in a more natural environment.
