Quarantine Tank

[cowgum]

What are the stuff u need to set up a simple quarantine tank??

is it necessary to quarantine LR n corals?

And how long should the period be???

thks!!!

[Clownfish]

It is usually smaller sized with normal kind of filters.... usually use water from main aquarium when doing water changes....

[mAriNe_enthusiast]

U basically need a tank

and a filter that can manage ur tank's volume...A simple internal filter(for marine purpose) will do.

Maybe a thermometer also.

It's also good to have 1 or 2 rock work for your fishes to hide.

Just normal rocks.

[oshkosh]

I quarantine new LRs in my quarantine tank. Not that it carries disease or something.

This is so that any die offs on the LR will be confined to my quarantine tank. I definitely do not need another mini nitogen cycle in my main tank.

I usually leave them there for 2 weeks.

As for the corals, I don't have the practice of putting them in quarantine.

[Hecter]

do you need to add in sand?

[oshkosh]

Up to you really. I have sand in mine. Just so that it doesn't look bare.

There are other practical considerations too.

If you are using the quarantine tank as a hospital tank, there are other problems. Copper based medicine are toxic to fish and inverts. If you treat your fish in here, these medicine may linger in the sand.

You will just have an additional item to wash up after treatment.

Happy reefing.