quarantine tank setup

[ElitePirate]

Hi there,

I'm planning to setup a quarantine tank so that i can isolate any sick/territorial fish.

Please see attached photos. I have 2 tanks. 1 fully equipped nano tank with filters, protein skimmer etc. another one more empty tank with just a small filter device which produce oxygen bubbles.

so lets say i fill that 2nd tank with salt water (of course cycled water) and just let the fish inside, will it survive? if so, max for how long i can isolate them like this?

Thanks
Sam

 

[starypotter]

So the thing is that the water isn't what cycles, the bacteria that we cycle our tanks for don't live in the water, or at least very few do, they live on surfaces, so that other tank needs to be cycled too on it's own. In an emergency when you don't have time for a cycle, you can add a bottle of biospira or similar bacteria in a bottle to give it a boost and you'd just need to closely monitor ammonia with an accurate test kit or much more easily, a seachem alert badge. If you keep the ammonia and other levels in check, but really ammonia is what you've seriously got to be the most concerned with, then you should be fine. You'll also want a heater for the QT.
You're asking about QT after you've got fish in what looks like your display, so I'm guessing that they weren't QTed before they went in? Wait for someone more advanced to help you with your plans on that and the other questions.

 

[ElitePirate]

So the thing is that the water isn't what cycles, the bacteria that we cycle our tanks for don't live in the water, or at least very few do, they live on surfaces, so that other tank needs to be cycled too on it's own. In an emergency when you don't have time for a cycle, you can add a bottle of biospira or similar bacteria in a bottle to give it a boost and you'd just need to closely monitor ammonia with an accurate test kit or much more easily, a seachem alert badge. If you keep the ammonia and other levels in check, but really ammonia is what you've seriously got to be the most concerned with, then you should be fine. You'll also want a heater for the QT.
You're asking about QT after you've got fish in what looks like your display, so I'm guessing that they weren't QTed before they went in? Wait for someone more advanced to help you with your plans on that and the other questions.

Thanks for your input. No I never quarantine any fish. I only used a breeding tank attachment when I had some issues with my foxface. Now I'm trying to setup a separate QT so that if something goes wrong it wont contaminate my main tank water etc.

 

[starypotter]

Thanks for your input. No I never quarantine any fish. I only used a breeding tank attachment when I had some issues with my foxface. Now I'm trying to setup a separate QT so that if something goes wrong it wont contaminate my main tank water etc.

If it's just precautionary than I'm sure you'll have plenty of time to properly cycle the QT if you want it to be running 24/7. All you have to do is cycle it as you would any other tank and ghost feed it to keep it going if there's nothing in there. That's lucky that you've got a place that you trust enough to not QT from.