So say I have my QT up and running with a colonized sponge filter. After my fish leave QT I want to keep the QT going all the time. Do I have to ghost feed the QT to keep the beneficial bacteria alive? If so, how often?
How do you keep a QT running without fish inhabitants? Ghost feeding needed?
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Squishie89
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Is there a reason behind keeping it running? If you keep your sponge filter in the display tank sump you don't need to to worry about the QT.
I keep mine running and drop a few Spectrum pellets in here and there.
With that said if a fish/coral showed any signs of illness (bacteria/parasite/fungus) I "nuke" the system. Which means bleach everything then restart and seed with bottled bacteria.
With that said if a fish/coral showed any signs of illness (bacteria/parasite/fungus) I "nuke" the system. Which means bleach everything then restart and seed with bottled bacteria.
Many reasons. Mainly so I don't have to setup a fresh QT when new fish arrivals come. I'm not putting a sponge filter that has possibly been treated with copper/prazi/ect back into DT sump. Sure I can buy new ones each time and wait for them to seed. But no thanks.
