Ideal Quarantine Size

[acesfull44]

Building a 150g display and would like to know an appropriate size of a quarantine tank? Suggestions please!

 

[rayn]

QT sizing is based on your fish size that you are QTing. Are you planning multiple fish at once or singly?

I have used a ten gallon in the past, but currently have a dedicated 20 long for qt. It gives a bit more swim room, but not so large that huge water changes are a pain. Remember with some mess you have to change 50% or more after certain doses.

 

[nanolax]

10 gallons has been the sweetspot for me. It's large enough to hold medium size fish and multiple corals temporarily, yet small enough to be easy and cost effective to do full water changes. Also if you don't like doing math, the ten gallons makes it easy to do calculations for dosing medications and what not.

 

[acesfull44]

150 Gallon Aquarium Equipment and Stock List

Zet LED Lighting QMaven ZT 6600-A
Reef Octopus SRO-5000 EXT - 450g Hvy bio - 2,100lph $735
AquaMaxx Cone 5 (In Sump) - 1,500lph $700
Apex Neptune Controller Gold Package


Fish
Achilles Tang
Yellow Belly Blue Tang
Blue Face Angel
Flame Angel
Ocellaris Clown
Flame Hawk
Clown Trigger
Yellow Tail Wrasse
Yellow Coris Wrasse
Tanaka Pygmy Wrasse
Logfin Fairy Wrasse

Inverts
Fire Shrimp
Maxima Clam
Red Tree Sponge
Snails?
Anemones

Corals
Orange/Yellow Hammers
Orange Plates
Acans?
Yellow Fiji Leather
Purple Gorgonian (feather like tree)
Neon Green Nephthea
Orange/Blue Yuma

Zoas
Fruit Loops
Blue Kisses
My Clementine
Rastas
Blue agaves
Hyper Phoenix
Devils Armour

 

[Squishie89]

I like 20 longs. You get the length for those fish that likes to swim, but still a manageable size.

 

[acesfull44]

I like 20 longs. You get the length for those fish that likes to swim, but still a manageable size.

So far, from the feedback and a few people I have spoke to, I am gonna go with a 20 long. Thanks for the feedback.