What Does Your Quarantine Look Like?

[SoloChromis]

Those of you who quarantine, what does your setup look like? Share what size tanks you use, what kind of filtration you run, what is in your "medicine cabinet", what you use for shelter sites and what your maintenance routine is. I think there are so many misconceptions about quarantining fish and it would be helpful to some skeptics to see how we do it here at RC :fish1:

- My Quarantine System -
Tank/s : 1x 20g tall
Filtration : Aqueon HOB filter w/filter floss
Medication : Cupramine & Prazipro
Fish Shelter : Misc. PVC pipes
Maintenance : Normally 25-50% water change weekly and rinsing off the filter pad every couple days
Other Equipment : Thermometer, Seachem Ammonia Alert, 2x Koralia pumps

 

[HPark]

I like a simple air stone. From what I understand, the only thing they really do is provide further surface agitation but I've noticed that my fish always seem to be a little more active than when I just have a HOB going.

 

[hogfanreefer]

Which one?

10 gallon TT tanks.

20 gallon cycled QT

29 gallon cycled "Ich free" QT (only fish that have completed TT go in here.

 

[ca1ore]

I run two unconnected tanks, one is a 20L the other a 30L. Both use pretty standard aqua clear HoB filters with media seeded in my display. A few bits of PVC and an extra power head for some flow. Always have an ammonia badge on each tank. Medications on hand include cupramine, Nitrofuracin green powder, chloroquine phosphate, prazipro, Cipro, furan2 and prime (ok, latter not a med per se).

Initial water for QT comes out of my display. No subsequent water changes except as necessary to deal with ammonia (almost never happens though) or removal of a medication.

 

[robert s b.]

20 Long, and 20 tall Aqueon HOB on both. This bad boy is in the QT at the moment first week of 6.

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[aquaph8]

Don't have a pic but it's a 20L with a Aqua clear 70 filter

 

[CoralsAddiction]

20 Regular with AC50.

 

[snorvich]

Which one?

10 gallon TT tanks.

20 gallon cycled QT

29 gallon cycled "Ich free" QT (only fish that have completed TT go in here.

Excellent practice!

 

[SDguy]

15g with two aquaclear hangons, a powerhead, heater, and light. Established for years now, with liverock o). Been medicated to hell and back, and still grows all sorts of algae.

 

[caribfan]

50 Breeder with a glass partition on one end, seperated into two sections, one with an overflow for bioballs and one for the return mag 3 return pump.

I haven't not had a fish in there for the last two years, but if it ever goes empty, I just throw some sterile bioballs in my sump and they are ready to be used in my QT after several weeks.

No live rock, just a PVC reef.

 

[Nina51]

10g, heater, ammonia badge, thermometer, heater, air stone, pvc. 2-3g water change every 2-3 days. this method had worked well for me. the largest fish i have qt'ed was a kole tang. all of my other fish are (and will stay) pretty small.

tapatalk pic fix.

20 Regular with AC50.

 

[SDguy]

You can see my various QT moments here:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2285568&highlight=crazy

 

[Dmorty217]

Here is what I'm currently using. 29g tank with separate area for the one remaining baby regal I have (had 2, one didn't ship well) and there is a 1.5" tusk in the QT also

 

[alton]

100 Gallon Rubbermaid Tub with a foam filter

 

[mbauma]

20 gallon permanently cycled with heater, HOB filter, ammonia alert.

 

[Beefy_Reefy]

What Does Your Quarantine Look Like?

90g split into 3 sections. 40g sump with skimmer and aquaclear 110 with sponge

Cupramine and prazipro

 

[jmicky41]

20 long, kept in the closet until needed. I use a hanging Biowheel filter, air stone and heater. I keep the bio wheel cultured in my DT sump.

 

[las]

30 gallon. Aqueoun filters. Pump for flow.

I try to fatten up the fish then cupramine then NFG then 4 consecutive rounds of prazi. Then fatten up and off to DT.

This takes me approx 12 weeks

 

[Marshall O]

Currently running QT Tanks:

Aqueon Evolve 8; QT for small fish (currently housing a 1.5" Earl's Wrasse) - Sand & live rock, tiny powerhead, nano-skimmer, ATO, temp controlled via a homemade controller for heater and Ice Probe chiller. Temp is maintained within 1.8°F, though usually only swings less than 1°F.

40 long basement tank; QT for shy, tough to get eating fish and/or that need to be acclimated to light (soon to hopefully house a Venustus Angel) - Sand & tons of live rock, baffled at one end with a Maxijet 1200 for a return pump, HOB skimmer, ATO, same temp control as 8 gallon.

46 bowfront; QT for community fish (currently housing a pair of Clowns and a Flasher Wrasse) - Sand & live rocks, HOB skimmer, HOB 'fuge, multiple powerheads with a wavemaker, UV (only run when needed), ATO, same temp control as 8 gallon.

I also have a couple 10 gallon barebottom tanks on standby for when treatment besides Prazi is needed.

 

[Allmost]

used to have a 65G QT ... it was way too big and hard to medicate and do water changes ...

now I use a 10G and a bucket for TT and PP [the times the fish spends in the 10G it also gets PP]

and a 20 G for observation ...