Im starting my 65 gallon reef on wednesday. i want to do a quarantine tank to hold new fish before release in the show tank. would a 10 gallon tank work for this or should i do larger. if so what size. also is their any type of medication that i could add that will help kill any disease if they have anything?
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A 10 gallon will work fine. Just make sure you set it up as if you were cycling a real tank. a few lbs of live rock and time. You can use copper to kill alot of parasites. Just make sure you don't get copper near inverts it will kill them. You can also use garlic guard in the fish food. It will build up their immunity system and help to fight off disease. Good Luck
yeah a 10 is good unless the fish doesn't fit in a ten (which would be pretty obvious that you need a bigger tank 
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again just some LR a heater and an air stone and maybe a pot for them to hide in. NO LIGHTS ON QT TANKS!!!! it'll just help to freak out the already stressed fish and sometimes cause algal and cyanobact. problems. and are just more trouble.
melafix is a good med for QTs and (again) anything copper based.
)again just some LR a heater and an air stone and maybe a pot for them to hide in. NO LIGHTS ON QT TANKS!!!! it'll just help to freak out the already stressed fish and sometimes cause algal and cyanobact. problems. and are just more trouble.
melafix is a good med for QTs and (again) anything copper based.
ok, for some reason i was under the impression the copper should NEVER be used regardless of inverts or not!! im going to use that garlic med, and soak the food in that and feed them that. what would be a good way to get a new fish to eat. im used to all fish being to stressed for a few days to eat. would frozen food be the best to use, and if so what kind of frozen food. obviously want to stick to food they can get in nature, which excludes bloodworms and brine shrimp, which im familiar with!!
what kind of fish is it?
like a lionfish or a clownfish, caue somehting like lion would be live foodor shrimp or silverside
a clown would just be brine or pellet food.
like a lionfish or a clownfish, caue somehting like lion would be live foodor shrimp or silverside
a clown would just be brine or pellet food.
A ten gallon is fine, IF, as previously stated - your fish will fit into it. For cycling, you need to cycle it just the same as any other tank you might invest in. Whether you decide to add live rock or not is up to you, but I would suggest some substrate and some form of refuge for the fish - you can even use fake coral or rocks - which by the way are a lot easier to clean after medicating, and still have a pleasing look to the eye. I am not sure why BIGgourami is set against lights in a QT tank (??). Personally, I see no adverse reaction to them, and actually, adjusting them to a set lighting schedule helps them acclimate to new enviroments. When the fish are first added, it is best to leave only natural light for a day, then start turning tank lights on in small time frames, gradually building up to that of the schedule of your show tank you mentioned. You can start with two hours the first day, and work up by 1/2 hour to an hour every other day. Offering vitamin rich foods are best, and Garlic Guard, which someone mentioned is typically a great product to re-start the metobolic system in fish who've been stressed to the point of fasting. As far as medicating goes, I would start with the lowest first, like say Melafix, though I would stay as far away from copper as possible. Copper is right up there in toxisity as say Malachite Green. These are heavy duty meds that are generally not necessary, if the issue is caught early on. Good water, good food, and time to adjust is usually all it takes. Should they be infested/infected, then address the situation according to the problem.. I.E - Identify the bacteria/fungus/parasite/etc. before medicating. Anticipate a good 30 days QT before they should be added to the new tank, and longer if they require medicinal treatments. Just my 2 cents worth.