Bare minimum for a quarantine tank

underwaterdan · Jan 3, 2016

So I have a hippo tang that all the sudden has a white spot. I'm thinking ich so off to a hospital tank for her.
I'm thinking some a 10-20 gallon or so glass tank witb an air bubbler in it. Do small water change weekly using display water. Sound like enough?

Ronnell · Jan 3, 2016

I think that should be fine. That just my 2 cents, some1 with more xp then me could help

Jlobes · Jan 3, 2016

have you tried the search function/option in the upper right corner? there are quite a few, very active threads discussing QT. that would be a great place to start.

you will more than likely need to do daily/every other day WC. or use amquel

underwaterdan · Jan 3, 2016

Ronnell said:
I think that should be fine. That just my 2 cents, some1 with more xp then me could help

And a heater of course.

hatfielj · Jan 3, 2016

In my opinion I would leave the fish in your display. The move to a tiny tank like that with sub-optimal conditions is likely to do more harm than good. I have had plenty of tangs get a single spot or two and it never progresses to full blown ich (it may not even be ich). I would give it more time in the display and see if it goes away. QT should have been done first anyway. Plus, the conditions in the QT need to be just as good as the conditions in the display or you run the risk of stressing the fish and making them worse.

underwaterdan · Jan 3, 2016

Jlobes said:
have you tried the search function/option in the upper right corner? there are quite a few, very active threads discussing QT. that would be a great place to start.

you will more than likely need to do daily/every other day WC. or use amquel

Cool. Yeah I checked that out. I am just concerned about the size being ok for a hippo. Also I saw that most are using a hob filter was trying to avoid that. So far my thoughts are.

Tank 10-20 gallons
Heater
Pvc pipe
Power head
Air bubbler

Thoughts?

underwaterdan · Jan 3, 2016

hatfielj said:
In my opinion I would leave the fish in your display. The move to a tiny tank like that with sub-optimal conditions is likely to do more harm than good. I have had plenty of tangs get a single spot or two and it never progresses to full blown ich (it may not even be ich). I would give it more time in the display and see if it goes away. QT should have been done first anyway. Plus, the conditions in the QT need to be just as good as the conditions in the display or you run the risk of stressing the fish and making them worse.

Ok I will keep an eye on him and have something ready for him incase it gets worse. I have had him for 5 months and he has been fine until now.

hatfielj · Jan 3, 2016

Have you recently added any new fish or other things to the tank?

underwaterdan · Jan 3, 2016

Yes. Over the past month I have added a powder blue, a foxface and a fairy wrasse. The powder blue recently died (after about 3 weeks in tank) but I believe it was from my yellow tang constantly picking on him. He showed no signs of ich or other illness.

Jlobes · Jan 3, 2016

underwaterdan said:
Cool. Yeah I checked that out. I am just concerned about the size being ok for a hippo. Also I saw that most are using a hob filter was trying to avoid that. So far my thoughts are.

Tank 10-20 gallons
Heater
Pvc pipe
Power head
Air bubbler

Thoughts?

thoughts?

look here:
http://reef2reef.com/threads/how-to-quarantine.189815/

and here
http://reef2reef.com/threads/the-dos-and-don’ts-of-quarantine.203898/

like i said, the search function is very helpful.

RMS18 · Jan 4, 2016

Not sure if you have other fish in the dt but now everything has ich. I would not let this go without treatment, managing ich is harder in the long run then just treating it now. Look into the tank transfer method, it easier on fish as you are not treating them with copper which is a posion at high levels. And after 13 days your fish are ich free

Your list looks good for a qt tank, if you choose to do ttm you will need 2 of everything. And the dt has to go fishless for 12 weeks.

If you try and manage ich, all it will take is one stressfull event like a temp drop or salinity drop etc, any stressful event like such will cause a ich breakout.

Tank transfer method
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/tank-transfer-method.192655/

Ich management
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/ich-eradication-vs-ich-management.188775/

mrsaltwaterguy · Jan 4, 2016

I would suggest at least a 20 long. This allows for some more length for swimming, get some pvc pipe for hiding, a heater and a sponge filter. I would also add a power head to provide some flow as well.