• Quarantine zone

  • Gregory9432

Maremans, share a description of your quarantine tanks, how to properly equip them? This is an important question. Many beginners pass by, thinking "this is only for those who buy fish in bulk or breed," and then "Help!!! Crypt!!!" or something similar. Everyone loves to showcase the beauty of their aquariums, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. What about the iceberg itself?

Sandra7004

Is it necessary and worth putting a regular internal filter in a quarantine tank? Is there any point in this (besides creating water movement)? Is an aerator needed?

Javier5186

Of course, you can also install a regular internal faucet aerator. I have aerators installed in mine.

Sara4035

A couple more questions: 1. Water temperature. Usually, in freshwater quarantine tanks, a lower temperature is maintained than in the aquarium. There are several reasons for this. The main ones are: cold water holds more oxygen; pathogenic bacteria develop more slowly in cold water. 2. Water. Should anything be added to the water to help the fish cope with stress? What specifically?

Joseph8592

I have a quarantine tank of 100 liters located in one of the cabinets, integrated into the main system. It contains 5 kg of live rock and 3 cm of sand. When there are no fish in it, there is full circulation. If I buy "fresh" fish, the water flow is shut off, and a hang-on skimmer from Aqua Medic (Aqua Medic Biostar Flotor) is turned on. If everything is okay after some time, I gradually start supplying water from the main system. In case of any problems, I treat the fish in "baths." I need it. The Aqua Medic hang-on skimmer from the compressor will work just fine.

Amber9312

An interesting, well-thought-out solution... in professional purposes, to avoid disturbing the fish (conditionally clean) with transfers to tanks, is to introduce ParaGuard. During the recovery phase of circulation, the impact on the reef will be minimal.

Jennifer5371

I have two aquariums lined up, with a common sump under one of them. After a seemingly healthy fish developed a disease and there were noticeable losses, I set up a quarantine tank in the adjacent cabinet. It seems that I even increased the total volume, and at the same time, it can be easily isolated from the main system. Catching fish from it for preventive or therapeutic baths is not a problem at all.

Aaron6112

This is something like a new approach to the issues of setting up a quarantine aquarium. A normal move.