Whats in your quarantine tank

Ranchhand02 · 05/18/2009, 11:51 AM

I am just curiuos what everyone has in their quarantine tank? Do you have a sand be or just bare bottom? What type of filtration do you use?

KDDG · 05/18/2009, 12:02 PM

Mine is bare bottom with a couple of fake rocks to hide in. I use a simple hang on the back filter, a heater, thermometer, a small powerhead and a little seachem ammonia sensor. I still check ammonia with tests, but like the little badge just in case there is a spike.

killarsox · 05/18/2009, 12:09 PM

I use a 30 Gallon tank, with a heater and Emperor filter. A quarantine tank could be as simple as a Rubbermaid container with a heater and filtration.

Ranchhand02 · 05/18/2009, 12:16 PM

I have a 29 gallon tank with hang on the back filter. I am thinking about removing the sand that I have in it, should I?

KDDG · 05/18/2009, 12:19 PM

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Originally posted by Ranchhand02
I have a 29 gallon tank with hang on the back filter. I am thinking about removing the sand that I have in it, should I?

Hard to answer because people use their QT different ways. I have mine bare bottom because it is easy to remove unaten food and I medicate in the tank. Some people, if they are not medicating put in live rock, etc.

Ranchhand02 · 05/18/2009, 01:41 PM

I think that I will run it bare bottom to make it easier to clean.

thegrun · 05/18/2009, 02:45 PM

Mine has been making a strange transformation from qt tank to frag tank to mini-reef tank. I guess I just can't help myself!

WaterKeeper · 05/18/2009, 03:02 PM

Common for QT's to be bare bottom but some almost look like a small display. The major thing is, if the tank is not going to be medicated, make it as elaborate as you wish. The tank should be very sparse if the tank is also used as a hospital tank where medications are added. The unmedicated tank can be used to QT everything while one that has been medicated for fish should not be used for corals and other inverts.

fender4string · 05/18/2009, 05:02 PM

My QT has a cheapo hang on the back filter, about 15 pounds of LR, and is barebottom. If medication is needed, the live rock can easily be removed. To me it seems like it'd be a pain to have sand in a QT.

drparker · 05/18/2009, 05:11 PM

BB with a hang on filter, heater and small power head. If I have time a foam pad for the filter goes in the DT sump to get seeded with bacteria. If I make an impulse buy then a piece of LR I have in the sump goes in. I also put some PVC elbows in for hiding places.

snorvich · 05/18/2009, 05:39 PM

I separate my hospital tank from my quarantine tank. The hospital tank is only for treatment. The quarantine tank has no sand, live rock.

Cbravo212 · 05/18/2009, 06:35 PM

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Originally posted by drparker
BB with a hang on filter, heater and small power head. If I have time a foam pad for the filter goes in the DT sump to get seeded with bacteria. If I make an impulse buy then a piece of LR I have in the sump goes in. I also put some PVC elbows in for hiding places.

Mine is almost the exact same. I keep my sponge filter in my sump b/c I do not keep the qt set up all the time. I do have three sides and the bottom painted black to help with the stress.

Ranchhand02 · 05/18/2009, 08:59 PM

Thanks for all of the help. I think I will remove the sand and run the tank bare bottom.

atwinparadox2 · 05/19/2009, 06:51 AM

20 long with large pieces of PVC fitting scattered about for places to hide. Simple hang on back filter, heater and I test a lot. Other than that, it should just be as simple as possible for the transition for the fish.

05/18/2009, 11:51 AM	#1
Ranchhand02 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 532	Whats in your quarantine tank I am just curiuos what everyone has in their quarantine tank? Do you have a sand be or just bare bottom? What type of filtration do you use?

05/18/2009, 12:02 PM	#2
KDDG Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 208	Mine is bare bottom with a couple of fake rocks to hide in. I use a simple hang on the back filter, a heater, thermometer, a small powerhead and a little seachem ammonia sensor. I still check ammonia with tests, but like the little badge just in case there is a spike. __________________ Kelly Current Tank Info: In wall, bar: Approx. 310 Gal

05/18/2009, 03:02 PM	#8
WaterKeeper Bogus Information Expert Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 16,147	Common for QT's to be bare bottom but some almost look like a small display. The major thing is, if the tank is not going to be medicated, make it as elaborate as you wish. The tank should be very sparse if the tank is also used as a hospital tank where medications are added. The unmedicated tank can be used to QT everything while one that has been medicated for fish should not be used for corals and other inverts. __________________ "Leading the information hungry reefer down the road to starvation" Tom Current Tank Info: 130 Now out of service and a 29

05/18/2009, 05:39 PM	#11
snorvich Team RC member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Outlander Posts: 40,953 Blog Entries: 46	I separate my hospital tank from my quarantine tank. The hospital tank is only for treatment. The quarantine tank has no sand, live rock. __________________ Warmest regards, ~Steve~

05/19/2009, 06:51 AM	#14
atwinparadox2 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kingston, PA Posts: 782	20 long with large pieces of PVC fitting scattered about for places to hide. Simple hang on back filter, heater and I test a lot. Other than that, it should just be as simple as possible for the transition for the fish. __________________ \| begin each day as if it were on purpose \| when in doubt, remove all doubt \| Current Tank Info: \| 90 Gallon Main display, 2/175 MH, 2 actinic, 20 sump w/20 fuge, about to dabble with a algae scrub screen \|\| 75 in the works \|\|

05/18/2009, 12:09 PM	#3
killarsox Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ny Posts: 204	I use a 30 Gallon tank, with a heater and Emperor filter. A quarantine tank could be as simple as a Rubbermaid container with a heater and filtration.

05/18/2009, 12:16 PM	#4
Ranchhand02 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 532	I have a 29 gallon tank with hang on the back filter. I am thinking about removing the sand that I have in it, should I?

05/18/2009, 01:41 PM	#6
Ranchhand02 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 532	I think that I will run it bare bottom to make it easier to clean.

05/18/2009, 02:45 PM	#7
thegrun Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Garden Grove, Ca Posts: 17,023	Mine has been making a strange transformation from qt tank to frag tank to mini-reef tank. I guess I just can't help myself!

05/18/2009, 05:02 PM	#9
fender4string Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Novi, MI Posts: 1,550	My QT has a cheapo hang on the back filter, about 15 pounds of LR, and is barebottom. If medication is needed, the live rock can easily be removed. To me it seems like it'd be a pain to have sand in a QT.

05/18/2009, 05:11 PM	#10
drparker Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Palatine, IL Posts: 2,652	BB with a hang on filter, heater and small power head. If I have time a foam pad for the filter goes in the DT sump to get seeded with bacteria. If I make an impulse buy then a piece of LR I have in the sump goes in. I also put some PVC elbows in for hiding places.

05/18/2009, 08:59 PM	#13
Ranchhand02 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 532	Thanks for all of the help. I think I will remove the sand and run the tank bare bottom.