Quarantine Tank

[fatheadminnow]

Oops...I meant to post this in the Tropical Discussion section...oh well...

Maybe I will get lucky and a Mod will move it to Tropical Discussion...hint...hint...

I am going to be turning my 10 gallon tank into a quarantine tank with live plants and such.

What would be some good fish to add to the tank to maintain the bio filter/plants and what not?

Would Neon tetras be any good?

And how many?

Thanks
-FHM

 

[Tolak]

A quar tank doesn't have to be run constantly. You can run the filter on another tank to keep it cycled, and leave the quar tank empty.

A running tank will eventually become a fully stocked tank. When you need it for quar you won't have room. It has happened to most everyone.

BTW, topic moved.

 

[fatheadminnow]

A quar tank doesn't have to be run constantly. You can run the filter on another tank to keep it cycled, and leave the quar tank empty.

A running tank will eventually become a fully stocked tank. When you need it for quar you won't have room. It has happened to most everyone.

BTW, topic moved.

Thanks for moving the topic!

So just keep plants in the quartile tank, and when I need to put a fish in there just put a filter with some mature filter media on the tank?

(I have 2 extra filter laying around...1aquaclear, and 1 whisper)

Thanks again for the reply and moving the thread over!
-FHM

 

[Mikaila31]

A quar tank doesn't have to be run constantly. You can run the filter on another tank to keep it cycled, and leave the quar tank empty.

A running tank will eventually become a fully stocked tank. When you need it for quar you won't have room. It has happened to most everyone.

BTW, topic moved.

Thanks for moving the topic!

So just keep plants in the quartile tank, and when I need to put a fish in there just put a filter with some mature filter media on the tank?

(I have 2 extra filter laying around...1aquaclear, and 1 whisper)

Thanks again for the reply and moving the thread over!
-FHM

Yeah, you can do that if you want. Thats what I did, strange things happen when you let a tank just sit w/ everything running and no fish. Once I got a large colony of seed shrimp, then I added fish and they all got eaten . They where interesting to watch. I agree with Tolak though a running tank eventually gets stocked. My quarintine tank was kept running, now its got 50+ endler fry in it . I need a new one!

 

[fatheadminnow]

A quar tank doesn't have to be run constantly. You can run the filter on another tank to keep it cycled, and leave the quar tank empty.

A running tank will eventually become a fully stocked tank. When you need it for quar you won't have room. It has happened to most everyone.

BTW, topic moved.

Thanks for moving the topic!

So just keep plants in the quartile tank, and when I need to put a fish in there just put a filter with some mature filter media on the tank?

(I have 2 extra filter laying around...1aquaclear, and 1 whisper)

Thanks again for the reply and moving the thread over!
-FHM

Yeah, you can do that if you want. Thats what I did, strange things happen when you let a tank just sit w/ everything running and no fish. Once I got a large colony of seed shrimp, then I added fish and they all got eaten . They where interesting to watch. I agree with Tolak though a running tank eventually gets stocked. My quarintine tank was kept running, now its got 50+ endler fry in it . I need a new one!

Okay, thanks for all the replies.

So I will get some plants and what not, and then add fish/filter when needed.

Thanks again.

Anyone else who has experience/advice with a quarantine tank is more than welcome to give me more advice!

-FHM