Quarantine Tank in Between Customers

[gwand36 152]

When my 20 gallon long quarantine tank is not in use I feed it 20 drops of Dr. Tim’s ammonia once per week and then perform a large water change prior to adding a new arrival. This seems to keep the nitrogen cycle going. Anybody have a different method?

 

[GaryE]

This might gets crowds with pitchforks chasing me, but since all the tanks I use are planted, and there is life going on in there even without fish, when they're in QT use, I leave them to run fishless. I never buy so many fish at once that the tank is suddenly crowded.

If I'm worried about incoming fish, I'll trade a filter with a more crowded tank, as I always run extras.

It's worked for years with no problems...

 

[bgarthe37 54]

I just keep a few fish in each of my 2 QTs 24/7. Also, that way if I need a sponge filter to be dropped in a hospital tank or a larger Tupperware tub QT, I’ve always got a drop in filter ready to go. My having mostly smaller fish these days also helps compared to my discus days when larger QTs were a necessity.

 

[Naughts35 107]

I just have spare sponges in the main tanks filters. After use for QT I dispose of the sponge and pop a new one in the main tank to get seeded. When QT’ing I change water every couple of days.

 

[gwand36 152]

Being the overly cautious type I decided on both approaches. I placed 9 ember tetras in the QT tank until if and when a new fish arrives and I will also swap out sponges. I know. The redundancy is unnecessary.