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01/26/2007, 01:44 PM
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On a side note, NEVER place the filter media back into the display tank after QT is over. This can introduce all sorts of baddies. Make sure that you sterilize the filter media very well before you add it back to the display to be re-cultured.
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01/26/2007, 02:29 PM
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If you use any copper based treatments, the sponge can not go back into the sump at a later date to be repopulated with bacteria.
Disease is not so much an issue as the sponge can be dried out and also bleached to kill off any bad stuff. If a fish makes it through qt without any issues, I would see no reason not to reuse the sponge. I personally would pitch any sponge that was subject to any treatment that contained copper. As for antibiotics, I am not sure but they probably do not pose much risk if the sponge is flushed well. (in other words I have reused them without issue, just not sure if it was a smart thing to do)
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01/26/2007, 02:53 PM
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That's what I thought. Thanks.
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03/29/2007, 07:18 PM
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Be sure to use seperate equipment for your quarantine and keep them away from your main tanks stuff, such as siphons, nets, towls, basters, etc just in case something in the quarantine has a disease or whatever, you wont accidentally be transfering them over like i did
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