just interested how many people actually have a spare tank, i think every one should have a small one for emergencys.

hospital - for raising fry

quarantine - for sick

i have a quarantine but only ever used it twice for finrot but i got a uv to stp it.

This post has been edited by aaronnorth: Mar 28 2008, 06:17 PM

I should really set up one... But I have only ever had one disease outbreak in 3 years! And it was a bad one and wiped out ALL of my guppies . The nasty little thing were intestinal worms, and they were so ill I had to put them to sleep. But apart from that I should really set up one just in case.

Have two in the garage.

I have more spare aquatics equipment than I need my wife knowing about.

I have a few spare setups that I use as hospital/qt tank as the need arises. I don't have a tank that is specifically a hospital or qt tank.

Ryan

Neither. I'm always unprepared...

Plenty of spare tanks/equip.

Hmmmm, i have a 10g for fry and guppies, and a 30g for fish and a 20g for fish, Nope no quarentine. I rely on my eye's and eperince to pick out the good fish from the bad ones.

I have an extra 10gl setup just for emergencies or new fish that don't look too good.

I don't have a quarantine or hospital tank as such. I have numerous empty spare tanks of various sizes and run extra filters in my tanks so that if a fish needs temporarily separating i can just fill a tank with water from the tank the fish was in and drop in one of the spare filters.

lol, i use a polystyrene box, great for keeping heat in, i haven't used my spare tank either for last yr (only 1 year beacause that's when i bought it!) since going planted, i've found my fish to be a lot healthier, mainly beacuase of water parametres.

I don't understand. You mean you feel they've been healthier because you started monitoring water parameters more closely in order to maintain the plants?

No because live plants use nitrates as fertiliser and give of oxygen in photosynthesis, high nitrates i think was the main problem (and the usual in most peoples cases) that i kelpt getting finrot and after upgrading my tank which chame with 2 x 24w HOT5's gave me the push to go planted, i already liked the look of planted tanks so i though why not, i don't think i could ever go back to plastics. I also get a lot less algae and the fishes colours have brightened and are much more deeper, especially my bosemani rainbows.

Put it this way, i have had no deaths or diseases since i went planted about 7months ago.

This post has been edited by aaronnorth: Mar 29 2008, 01:42 PM

Same as CFC.

I have numerous empty tanks but i voted no because none of them are set up for either situation. I should really set one up for hospital, but as i dont see myself buying any new fish for a while i dont have a use for a quarantine tank.

I dont have one setup constantly, but i have one ready incase, all i do is transfer some media to cycle it from my main tank

I would have one, but my parents wont let me get any more tanks lol.

I have four LOL, since I keep marine as well as fresh theres a hospital/treatment tank for each as well as a quarantine tank for each. The Quarantine tanks are always set up and running, and the treatment tanks are dry but they have all the equipment in them and set up, just needs water and to be plugged in.