Quarantine Option?

[cs091]

Hi Everyone

I'm new to the forum and about to leap into tropical fish keeping after having cold water fish for a while.

After much whining I'm getting a rio 180 but I'd like to keep my 24" tank stocked (with cool tropicals, danios and white clouds) rather than use it as a quarantine tank.

I don't think the idea of a separate quarentine set-up would go down very well with hubby, so I have an idea, which may or may not be a very bad one!

Is it possible to set up a quarantine tank within a tank - by floating a small tank inside a larger one to keep it at the right temperature and replacing a lot of water (say 75% or so) each day with main tank water and toping up main tank with fresh conditioned water. I do have an air pump from an old under gravel filter so an air stone would be an optional extra.

I'm thinking little fish here, rasboras, small corys and tetra sized and obviously only 2 or 3 at a time.

Is this feasible or am I completely in the wrong end of the swimming pool!

CS

 

[TwoTankAmin]

By doing that you will effectively reduce the volume of water in your main tank be that amount. I would suggest the following. Get a 10 gal tank which you store and only use when needed. You dont have to cycle a tank if you do 25% wc every other day and vac as well. You just need a spare heater and sponge filter or airstone for it. Set it up when you get new fish and then take it down when done.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

sounds like an idea I'd come up with......... so it's probably no good