QT tank too small for livestock?

[JayDeePee]

I had to get rid of a Tang I bought which developed Ich rather quick and now I'm left with having to treat all my other fish livestock in a 29 gal QT with hypo salinity. It has a Penguin BIO-Wheel 150 gph rated for a 30 gal tank. It's been up and running for a week with water from the DT and holding my two Clowns.

This is just a temporary housing and I don't expect much growth in the fish over the time, almost all my fish are juvenile. My question is for the 2 month period is the tank large enough to house all my livestock? For a 2 month period do I need to upgrade to a larger filer like a Penguin BIO-Wheel 200 gph rated for a 50 gal tank?

5x - 3/4" - Green Chomis
2x - 3/4" - Snowflake Clowns
1x - 3/4" - Yellow Tail Damsel
1x - 1" - Red Firefish
1x - 1.5" - Black Cap Basslet
1x - 1.5" - Royal Gramma
1x - 3" - Blue Spotted Goby

Will this 29 gal tank and filter work? I do have Aqueon Amoinia Neutralizer on hand.

 

[MrTuskfish]

Cramped a bit, but they are small fish and should be OK for 10-12 weeks. Be sure to have plenty of PVC, or other inert hiding places. I'd add some bio-spira to help establish a good bio-filter and plan on plenty of WCs. I'm not a fan of hypo, but a lot of folks use it. Be sure you have a perfectly calibrated refractometer and watch top offs. Just a few minutes of a SG above 1.009 can ruin your hypo treatment; so keep water at the full level, a ATO helps a lot. A bigger filter would help. Just a couple of air-driven sponge filters are great for a QT (don't replace the bio-wheel) . The sponge holds lots of good bacteria and the pump will help gas exchange to keep O2 levels up.

 

[Cdiggy]

A little cramped. I foresee frequent water changes in your. NeAr future!

 

[JayDeePee]

Thanks, I do have plenty of mixed sized PVC fittings in place already. I had bought some BIO-Spira when I started the tank and never used it so I did condition the water filter with it after you mentioned it. I am now planning on adding a air sponge filter too.

I was really concerned the tank was too small for my livestock. Will it be necessary to get rid of the 5x Chromis? I was hoping to keep them but maybe a 30-50% weekly water change will be sufficient?

 

[MrTuskfish]

You won't need to get rid of the chromis, they'll do that for you. Groups of chromis usually whittle down to a group of one.

 

[Mrscribbled]

You won't need to get rid of the chromis, they'll do that for you. Groups of chromis usually whittle down to a group of one.

Almost always they do, even in large tanks.

I'd be careful QT'ing the two basslets together.