What do I need for a quarantine?

Ssteve · 10/04/2013, 09:53 PM

Got two 20gallon breeders for $10 today and wanted to use one for a quarantine tank. My display for the time being is just a 14g cube and it's just getting rolling so it's not cycled yet. Ammonia levels are still real high.

I'm wondering what I will need equipment wise to make the 20g a quarantine tank?

I'm also wondering if it's possible to house a couple clowns in it if I fill it with established water? Reason I ask is basically cause I'm tired of waiting for my cycle to complete before ordering my clowns.

SUMIXAM · 10/04/2013, 10:25 PM

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2195588

Lot of info on the stickies, also it sounds like you're in a rush to do things, that sort of thing is frowned upon if you want to have success in this hobby.... so i've read....

Ssteve · 10/04/2013, 10:31 PM

Not in a rush to do anything not recommended, I just see a lot of people putting fish in their tanks with nothing else, so I figured if it's easily doable then why not since I'm already going to setup a quarantine tank.

Saltliquid · 10/04/2013, 10:51 PM

If you turn off your skimmer, if you have one, for a couple of days and add either prodibio or stability the cycle can be completed more or less in two days then on with the skimmer unless adding more!
Follow the instructions and that’s that for your cycle.
I don’t do it that way, but others I know swear by it and their tanks are beautiful as well.
Though mine took weeks, theirs took days.
With a quarantine set up, just buy a plastic container tub, I use two in a row and make a small bio filter of cal media and start it the same way.
The pump in the tubs with a prefilter on it then pumped to the bio filter and the water over flows once it passes through the media back it into the tub and that’s that.

10/04/2013, 09:53 PM	#1
Ssteve Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 2,087	What do I need for a quarantine? Got two 20gallon breeders for $10 today and wanted to use one for a quarantine tank. My display for the time being is just a 14g cube and it's just getting rolling so it's not cycled yet. Ammonia levels are still real high. I'm wondering what I will need equipment wise to make the 20g a quarantine tank? I'm also wondering if it's possible to house a couple clowns in it if I fill it with established water? Reason I ask is basically cause I'm tired of waiting for my cycle to complete before ordering my clowns.

10/04/2013, 10:25 PM	#2
SUMIXAM Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 66	http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2195588 Lot of info on the stickies, also it sounds like you're in a rush to do things, that sort of thing is frowned upon if you want to have success in this hobby.... so i've read....

10/04/2013, 10:31 PM	#3
Ssteve Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 2,087	Not in a rush to do anything not recommended, I just see a lot of people putting fish in their tanks with nothing else, so I figured if it's easily doable then why not since I'm already going to setup a quarantine tank.

10/04/2013, 10:51 PM	#4
Saltliquid Registered Member. Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Brisbane Australia Posts: 911	If you turn off your skimmer, if you have one, for a couple of days and add either prodibio or stability the cycle can be completed more or less in two days then on with the skimmer unless adding more! Follow the instructions and that’s that for your cycle. I don’t do it that way, but others I know swear by it and their tanks are beautiful as well. Though mine took weeks, theirs took days. With a quarantine set up, just buy a plastic container tub, I use two in a row and make a small bio filter of cal media and start it the same way. The pump in the tubs with a prefilter on it then pumped to the bio filter and the water over flows once it passes through the media back it into the tub and that’s that.