Quarantine tank

[Travis91]

Hello reefers my 90 gallon DT is almost completed cycling woohoo!!! At this time I'm setting up a QT tank I have a 20 gallon with a large HOB filter a heater pvc seachem ammonia badge. I will be getting a pair of flurry clowns with cycled 20 gallons of water with filter media to put into the HOB from a really really reliable LFS. Any suggestions or will this work just fine?

 

[EthanDouglas]

I've got pretty much the same set up but I haven't gotten it wet yet. Just curious, what media are you putting in the HOB? I was thinking about just getting some filter floss/sponge and changing it every week or so.

 

[Maritimer]

"Cycled water" sounds a tad gimmicky to me, as the bacteria which reduce ammonia to nitrates reside on surfaces, not in the water column.

Good filter media (sponges, siporax, marine-pure, "ceramic noodles") which has either been seeded with bacteria in a living system that's known to be disease-free or has been "innoculated" with a live-bacteria product such as Bio-Spira or Dr. Tim's One-and-Only will serve you well.

You probably want to have some Praziquantel (Prazi-Pro) on hand in case of flukes, and perhaps some copper (I use CopperSafe, which is chelated copper sulphate, and more forgiving in my experience than ionic copper. Use an appropriate copper test kit to ensure that you're using the correct amount of medication in your tank!) or Chloroquine Phosphate (CP) to help deal with ich or velvet, should it arise. Otherwise ... sounds like it ought to work!

~Bruce

 

[Travis91]

I got a big piece of filter floss from the stores display tank probably about 1ft by 1ft and cut it to size and put it in my hob. And the rest I put into display sump.

 

[Areseebee]

Just be careful, your display will now have anything that was in their display. I take it that display is not on their main system?