Quarantine 101

[melev]

Sweet pictures! OMG Amy, I think you used up your quota for 2005. Too many pictures at once time. Noooooooooooo.

 

[TippyToeX]

 

[scbauer]

Man, what bad timing to find one of Amy's best threads. I see in your signature that you're currently "Offline from 01/06/06 till..."

It's 1/7/06 and I just found this thread. Amy, I hope you're not moving out of LV or anything crazy like that.

Great thread... can't wait for another update to see how the clowns are doing now.

-Scott

 

[reefbaby]

Hello Everyone!

I was just wondering....due to the problems with nitrate and ammonia in a QT tank, would it make any sense to skim a QT tank - or alternatively, have it looped through a bucket with deep sand??

I don't have a QT tank yet, but was hoping to get one set up for our new tank. We'll be transferring most of the livestock and live rocks from our old tank, so won't need to quarantine those, but what about new live rock?? Would it be alright to just have them in a large vat with a circulation pump and let them cycle there??

Great thread...was very informative! Thanks!

Cheers!

 

[NicoleC]

Placing the rock in vats is perfect. Skim the vats while it's curing if you can, if not just keep the flow really good and do plenty of water changes.

There's no reason you couldn't skim a QT tank, but it's not necessary, IMO. The nitrate won't hurt the fishes at those levels, and the skimming won't help much with ammonia -- so you are still going to have to do plenty of water changes.

 

[TippyToeX]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6446034#post6446034 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by scbauer
Man, what bad timing to find one of Amy's best threads. I see in your signature that you're currently "Offline from 01/06/06 till..."

It's 1/7/06 and I just found this thread. Amy, I hope you're not moving out of LV or anything crazy like that.

Great thread... can't wait for another update to see how the clowns are doing now.

-Scott

Hey Scott

Sorry about the offline bit. Got waaayyy too much going on here at home to keep track of. Travel to TX, UK, Canada, NY, and Cali all in the next two months. I had to finish up some work so that I can take the two months off. I wasn't sure how long it would take to get that all in order. Just going to be on and off RC for the next two months I fear.

I'm not moving out of LV

I'll update this thread a little later tonight!

 

[NicoleC]

If you make it to OC, gimme a holler and I'll buy you dinner.

 

[TippyToeX]

Thanks Nicole, that would be wonderful (sneak in a trip to see the YWG babies if I beg & bring frags?)! In February I will be in that area. I'll let you know when the time gets closer.

 

[NicoleC]

Egad, no, no frags! No more livestock!

Hopefully I'll have babies. At this point I'm eager to show off, except everytime I tell someone to come look, they die :rolleye1: This batch is 10 days old today.

 

[TippyToeX]

Lucy begging for her photo to be taken.

 

[melev]

That is a <b>great</b> shot, Amy!

 

[Konadog]

Nice picture Amy, if your in town LMK.

 

[TippyToeX]

Thanks Marc! I wish I could get a real good shot of Charlie. He is such a spaz. The second I have him locked in for a focused pic he dives under the anemone.

 

[TippyToeX]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6496905#post6496905 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Konadog
Nice picture Amy, if your in town LMK.

That I will Ken. I might be able to fix the next trip to go with one of your club meetins.

 

[Konadog]

:thumbsup:

 

[kane4187]

That is a nice pic Amy.

 

[TippyToeX]

Thanks kane4187!

 

[Dino]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6459698#post6459698 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TippyToeX
I'm not moving out of LV

Bummer...

Btw, we need to trade here. I'll come take pictures of Odie while you take pictures of Mr. Clownfish . Judging from the picture ^up there^ you're about 100 times better at it than me.

 

[TippyToeX]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6504169#post6504169 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dinoman
Bummer...

:lol: They have no idea you are out of the lounge, do they?

I'll come take pictures of Odie while you take pictures of Mr. Clownfish .

Deal!! Clownfish I can take, a crazy puppy who would like to lick the camera I can not control well enough.

Thanks D-M.

 

[Dino]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6505858#post6505858 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TippyToeX
:lol: They have no idea you are out of the lounge, do they?

Shhhhhh.....they won't think to look for me here :lol:. I think you guys need a couple dog threads to spruce up the place out here though.