Quarantine set ups

[Mike]

Interested to see what others have done and if you are using the tank for both fish and corals??????

[Manoj's Reef]

Mike,

I setup mine primarily for fish. Its a 15 gallon tank and a regular tube light. It has a whisper hang on back filter and some PVC pipe pieces for the fish to hide.

The QT is not connected to the display, its an independent system.

I have a large piece of sponge in my refugium, and when ever I need to start my QT I remove 5-7 gallons water from my display tank and cut a piece of the sponge and put it in the hang on back filter.

I hope it helps.

[ReeferRob]

Mike,

I setup mine primarily for fish. Its a 15 gallon tank and a regular tube light. It has a whisper hang on back filter and some PVC pipe pieces for the fish to hide.

The QT is not connected to the display, its an independent system.

I have a large piece of sponge in my refugium, and when ever I need to start my QT I remove 5-7 gallons water from my display tank and cut a piece of the sponge and put it in the hang on back filter.

I hope it helps.

That's about exactly what I have and do Manoj! Very nice.

[Sir Patrick]

I will quarentine one day....

Got to find some wood to knock on....

[stunreefer]

Interested to see what others have done and if you are using the tank for both fish and corals??????

Quarantine Tanks

I have a large piece of sponge in my refugium, and when ever I need to start my QT I remove 5-7 gallons water from my display tank and cut a piece of the sponge and put it in the hang on back filter.

Sounds like you don't have your QT always running? If not, you should consider it... it costs next to nothing to keep running. Just keep the HOB filter running, no need to heat it (assuming water stays above ~65 F "ish") or light it (although I do to keep microalgae growing). No need to do any maintenance on it either, maybe top off occasionally, every few weeks or so depending how much evaporation is occuring. Then, before using it, change 75-100% of the water out with water from your DT or fresh mixed SW. By keeping it running you're alowing all the beneficial bacteria on the glass, media, PVC, etc. to stay alive... I even lightly feed my (empty) QT to introduce ammonia so the bacteria has something to feed off of. One of the biggest killers in QT is Ammonia, so the more beneficial bacteria you have, the better (and more stable) it will be.

However you QT, make sure to keep an extremely close eye on Ammonia, I use a Seachem Ammo badge for a quick look constant reading, and have enough water made to perform a 100% water change on QT while fish are in it. While using medication it's good to keep an eye on pH as well (certain meds do wierd things to pH).