Quarantine for Freshwater

[accel]

Wait? Freshwater. Yes, you read that right.

The reason I am asking is for comparison purposes. So with saltwater what I do for quarantine/ttm setup are:
* tank
* 1.025 water
* a pvc pipe
* air stone / air pump
* I do water change every 2-3 days.

My hospital tank/quarantine has seeded sponge which I do weekly water change.

Now for freshwater are the items and process the same except for the water of course? The reason I am asking is I had the mistake of buying by impulse a bunch of Neon Tetras from Petco and didn't realize they have ich. I am doing heat treatment for 14 days to combat ich on the main tank (There's medication as well but I prefer not to go there yet). Surprisingly it's less hassle to deal against ich in an infected freshwater tank than a mixed reef tank.

Now for seeding a hospital/quarantine tank, do I seed a sponge as well on the main freshwater tank and use that seeded sponge? (of course after I have eradicated ich from the main tank--again freshwater).

Thanks

 

[tjm9331]

The quarantine process is the same and yes you can take a seeded sponge from your main display but if the tetras have already been in that main display that sponge will most likely have ich on it as well. But yes everything is the same with the exception of the water.

 

[accel]

Thanks. That's good to know. Yeah I will wait for the ich to be removed from the main system before I start seeding a sponge. It will probably take a while before I get a new freshwater fish.