quarantine school

[chadp]

For those of you who do quarantine fish prior to adding to your large displays, how do you do this with a school or shoal of fish such as anthias?

I am planning a 500g display tank and plan to have 8-10 Bartlett's anthias + possibly a school of some type cardinals.

What size tank do you use?

 

[yoboyjdizz]

The bigger the display tank the bigger your fish are going to be. Meaning the bigger then normal qt you will need. I use a 4ft 50gallon qt and seems to be fine for a while to house fish. Adding a group that size i would just watch the water quality more carefully and have new saltwater ready to change in case of a potential spike.

 

[mflamb]

I have a 50 QT and a 46 bowfront QT currently. The 50 has a Vlamingi Tang and 4 Lyretail Anthias. The 46 has a Naso Tang, a Royal Gramma, and a Chromis. I use water from my 390 to change water in the QTs. Like yoboyjdizz said, keep an eye on Ammonia and Nitrites.

 

[chadp]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10843408#post10843408 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by yoboyjdizz
The bigger the display tank the bigger your fish are going to be. Meaning the bigger then normal qt you will need. I use a 4ft 50gallon qt and seems to be fine for a while to house fish. Adding a group that size i would just watch the water quality more carefully and have new saltwater ready to change in case of a potential spike.

I was actually more concerned with aggression of a male anthia in a 50g QT tank with females as well as them receiving enough food in a bare-bottom QT tank with no pod population, etc. I have heard of some people not quarantining anthias, fairy wrasses, etc for that reason.

 

[chadp]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10843408#post10843408 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by yoboyjdizz
The bigger the display tank the bigger your fish are going to be. Meaning the bigger then normal qt you will need. I use a 4ft 50gallon qt and seems to be fine for a while to house fish. Adding a group that size i would just watch the water quality more carefully and have new saltwater ready to change in case of a potential spike.

I was actually more concerned with aggression of a male anthia in a 50g QT tank with females as well as them receiving enough food in a bare-bottom QT tank with no pod population, etc. I have heard of some people not quarantining anthias, fairy wrasses, etc for that reason.

 

[mflamb]

I have 4 anthias in a 50 QT with some large pcv T fittings. They get fed 3 times a day, Formula 1 and 2 flakes crushed real well, frozen enriched mysis, and frozen ocean plankton. I feed them 2 times a day and my wife feeds them once a day. Each time we watch their behavior, and they all eat well. Every time we walk by the guest bedroom where the 50 QT is, we watch for a little while, and have seen no signs of agression. They were in a friends 200 together for a couple years.

 

[chadp]

thanks mflamb