QT questions????

prow · 04-26-2006, 03:52 PM

hey everyone. well i happend to come into a few fish. a percula clown, a sunburst/fathead anthias, a yellow clown goby and a mandin goby. no worries on the mandrin the tank is more than ready for him. here is the issue. i have a 16 gal tank that i have been using for almost two months as a QT tank for another fish. anyway what do you think about using this tank for these fish?

i could put the mandrin straight in. well give him a rense off with tank water. i know they have a nice slim coat so should be parasite, ich free right???

???

Steven Pro · 04-26-2006, 08:54 PM

While some people insist that mandarins can't get ich, that is patently false. I have seen a number of mandarins coated in ich.

If you want to be sure your fish are clean, you have to quarantine them all.

prow · 04-26-2006, 11:50 PM

well that sucks. kinda knew it,just needed to hear it again.
so what about the size of QT?

**The R/C Man** · 04-27-2006, 12:40 AM

Sounds kind of small to me for the amount of fish you are talking. The close quarters will undoubtedly induce further stress during the move. If you have a larger display tank, and plan to acclimate larger fish in the future then you should consider a larger QT tank.... I am planning to use a 55 gallon as they are fairly inexpensive.

prow · 04-27-2006, 02:42 AM

i want to get a bigger QT tank, will be needing one. just dont have the room and will not be able to get one for a couple weeks. i work 12 hour shifts grave yard. so need to wait till i have a couple days off in a row. plus dont have the room for it, live in a apt. how about using 5 gal buckets? could put the anthias in the QT tank with the mandrin and use a bucket for the clown goby and percula clown.

Steven Pro · 04-27-2006, 06:30 AM

If you have cycled biological filters to run in them along with heaters, you could use buckets, although it makes observing the fish for disease extremely difficult.

Oldsaint · 04-27-2006, 08:08 AM

I use a 55 for fish and a 29 for corals, both I got for practically nothing. They were in someone's garage collecting dust. Both tanks are very scatched up and could never be use for display but it didn't matter to me. I would shop around 55s are a dime a dozen.
That 16g might make a good coral QT.

04-26-2006, 03:52 PM	#1
prow Citizen Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: california Posts: 243	QT questions???? hey everyone. well i happend to come into a few fish. a percula clown, a sunburst/fathead anthias, a yellow clown goby and a mandin goby. no worries on the mandrin the tank is more than ready for him. here is the issue. i have a 16 gal tank that i have been using for almost two months as a QT tank for another fish. anyway what do you think about using this tank for these fish? i could put the mandrin straight in. well give him a rense off with tank water. i know they have a nice slim coat so should be parasite, ich free right??? ???

04-27-2006, 12:40 AM	#4
The R/C Man Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 691	Sounds kind of small to me for the amount of fish you are talking. The close quarters will undoubtedly induce further stress during the move. If you have a larger display tank, and plan to acclimate larger fish in the future then you should consider a larger QT tank.... I am planning to use a 55 gallon as they are fairly inexpensive. __________________ Greg 25 gallon reef with 20 gallon sump/fuge 375 gallon reef with 100 gallon sump/fuge: under construction Over time science has shown that the simplest answers are usually the correct ones.......

04-27-2006, 08:08 AM	#7
Oldsaint Just Moved In Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 35	I use a 55 for fish and a 29 for corals, both I got for practically nothing. They were in someone's garage collecting dust. Both tanks are very scatched up and could never be use for display but it didn't matter to me. I would shop around 55s are a dime a dozen. That 16g might make a good coral QT. __________________ "Wisdom and knowledge is your's to fish" Oldsaint's Aquarium Log

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04-26-2006, 08:54 PM	#2
Steven Pro Mayor Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 672	While some people insist that mandarins can't get ich, that is patently false. I have seen a number of mandarins coated in ich. If you want to be sure your fish are clean, you have to quarantine them all.

04-26-2006, 11:50 PM	#3
prow Citizen Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: california Posts: 243	well that sucks. kinda knew it,just needed to hear it again. so what about the size of QT?

04-27-2006, 02:42 AM	#5
prow Citizen Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: california Posts: 243	i want to get a bigger QT tank, will be needing one. just dont have the room and will not be able to get one for a couple weeks. i work 12 hour shifts grave yard. so need to wait till i have a couple days off in a row. plus dont have the room for it, live in a apt. how about using 5 gal buckets? could put the anthias in the QT tank with the mandrin and use a bucket for the clown goby and percula clown.

04-27-2006, 06:30 AM	#6
Steven Pro Mayor Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 672	If you have cycled biological filters to run in them along with heaters, you could use buckets, although it makes observing the fish for disease extremely difficult.

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