Hydra 30 Quarantine Tank questions

[zulin]

Hi reefers!

First of all I want to apologise if this forum is not the right place for my post, I thought to place it on fish and disease forum, but my questions are not only related to the fish, so I decided to post here. Feel free to move the post to the right place if you think necessary.

Luckily I am reaching the end of my fallow period of more than two months due to a velvet outbreak. I am currently setting up my quarantine tank and I have a few questions.

I am trying to build my QT using all the equipment that I already have and save few bulks if it doesn't affect the correct behaviour of the system. I started into the reefing world with a all in one set up that contained a Hydra 30 filter, it didn't work so I have it on a box. Can I use Hydra as my filtration system for the QT?

After a lot of reading and research I found many articles that talk about quarantine any new animal that you want to add into the DT. My question is, can I use the same QT for fishes, corals and other animals? I would do the quarantine process independently, not mixing fishes with corals or invertebrates.

Thanks in advance.

 

[GBRsouth]

I am not familiar with your filter, but if you can use replaceable sponges in it, it should work fine. As for using your qt for fish and invertebrates, even if not at the same time, the problem is once used for copper, the equipment becomes toxic to inverts. But take any advice from @Humblefish @melypr1985 @4FordFamily and @Brew12 over mine.

 

[Brew12]

Hi reefers!

First of all I want to apologise if this forum is not the right place for my post, I thought to place it on fish and disease forum, but my questions are not only related to the fish, so I decided to post here. Feel free to move the post to the right place if you think necessary.

Luckily I am reaching the end of my fallow period of more than two months due to a velvet outbreak. I am currently setting up my quarantine tank and I have a few questions.

I am trying to build my QT using all the equipment that I already have and save few bulks if it doesn't affect the correct behaviour of the system. I started into the reefing world with a all in one set up that contained a Hydra 30 filter, it didn't work so I have it on a box. Can I use Hydra as my filtration system for the QT?

After a lot of reading and research I found many articles that talk about quarantine any new animal that you want to add into the DT. My question is, can I use the same QT for fishes, corals and other animals? I would do the quarantine process independently, not mixing fishes with corals or invertebrates.

Thanks in advance.

I don't see why that filter wouldn't work. Just don't run chemical filtration in it. It doesn't look like it would cause much air exchange so I would also make sure you are running an air stone.

You can use the same system for fish and then coral/inverts. I like to add about a cup of chlorine to my 10g and twice that to my 20g. Let it circulate for a day. Drain it and rinse it out really well. Let it dry completely for a few days. Then you can use it for coral inverts. Contrary to rumors, copper isn't absorbed by silicon so if you always use fresh filter material this will be all you need.

If you want to be extra safe, run a piece of Polyfilter in the filter to pull out any residual copper you may have missed.

 

[melypr1985]

^^ Exactly

 

[zulin]

I don't see why that filter wouldn't work. Just don't run chemical filtration in it. It doesn't look like it would cause much air exchange so I would also make sure you are running an air stone.

You can use the same system for fish and then coral/inverts. I like to add about a cup of chlorine to my 10g and twice that to my 20g. Let it circulate for a day. Drain it and rinse it out really well. Let it dry completely for a few days. Then you can use it for coral inverts. Contrary to rumors, copper isn't absorbed by silicon so if you always use fresh filter material this will be all you need.

If you want to be extra safe, run a piece of Polyfilter in the filter to pull out any residual copper you may have missed.

Thank for your reply.

The Hydra filter has an input on the top of it where you can connect a silicone tube left on the air, that makes appear a lot of bubbles on the filter output, I think that this should work for the air exchange.

Could you please recommend to me a light that is suitable for fishes and corals during the quarentine period? now I have a simple white bulb that came with the aquarium. And also which is the reasonable time for quarantine the corals?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Brew12]

Thank for your reply.

The Hydra filter has an input on the top of it where you can connect a silicone tube left on the air, that makes appear a lot of bubbles on the filter output, I think that this should work for the air exchange.

Could you please recommend to me a light that is suitable for fishes and corals during the quarentine period? now I have a simple white bulb that came with the aquarium. And also which is the reasonable time for quarantine the corals?

Thanks in advance.

For fish, you don't even need a light. Ambient room lighting may even be better in many cases if it is in a room with windows.

For corals, it depends on your goals. It is recommended to QT coral for 76 days to be almost 100% free of fish disease issues. If keeping coral alive within the system is your goal then you can get away with a relatively cheap light fixture. Just get a cheap light light designed for reef tanks. If you want to be able to use this as a grow out system prior to adding them to the DT then you may want a higher end light.

 

[zulin]

For fish, you don't even need a light. Ambient room lighting may even be better in many cases if it is in a room with windows.

For corals, it depends on your goals. It is recommended to QT coral for 76 days to be almost 100% free of fish disease issues. If keeping coral alive within the system is your goal then you can get away with a relatively cheap light fixture. Just get a cheap light light designed for reef tanks. If you want to be able to use this as a grow out system prior to adding them to the DT then you may want a higher end light.

I just want the light for the quarantine period, just for keeping the corals as best as possible during this time.