Quarantine Questions

[saltwater4life]

Alright i'm going to try and set up a QT but i was woundering about the cycling for QT is it needed? i mean right now i have a tank,filter,heater and what type of light should i use to Quarantine corals and any other things i should know i read the Quarantine basic topic but i wasn't sure
Well thx

 

[Igor The Cat]

you should definetly cycle the tank, you should cycle everytank before putting live animals in it (the exception is LR)

cheers

-Java

 

[Joe Fish]

will you have a big cycle if the tank is only holding fish? I mean with no LR or sand?

 

[Igor The Cat]

yes, it will be bigger than with LR and such

cheers

-Java

 

[aresgod]

what most people do is stick some foam or something in their established tank, let bacteria colonize it, then a few days before buying a fish put the foam in the qt tank...also most people don't qt corals, some do, I don't but I know that some people here have had problems with not qting corals, I think Wayne did....so qting corals is a personal choice.

 

[saltwater4life]

i mean Joe said to QT everything so i kinda thought i should but idk i might do it or pass the only thing is i didn't know what type of lighting they could go threw for a few days because this going Sunday night i was ether geting some corals or seeing if the pet store would hold them for a week or something well thank you guys i might go with it or i might not only thing is i kinda need it set up in a week for fish and corals but if not i guess i can just put them in my tank since i trust this pet store i know the guy that works there treats everything for every kind of harmful thing that might be on them also do corals cary ick?

 

[saltwater4life]

is there anything i could put in there to speed up the cycle like LR from my main or sand??

Thanks,
Nick

 

[Joe Fish]

How about QTing a sea cucumber? Would you put sand in the QT then?

 

[saltwater4life]

i think you would because don't those have to filter sand to survive?

 

[aresgod]

I don't qt inverts either, just my choice though, I know some do, but in the case of a cucumber the sand bed would have to be well established which could be difficult in a QT.

 

[saltwater4life]

fish are the most likely thing to caring any thing right or are they all even???

 

[Joe Fish]

I read a lot today about parasites coming in on just about anything. I'm not sure what i'm going to do it I get one. I like my starfish, but I think a tiger cucumber would do a lot better and keep the sand bed cleaner. My starfish is pretty darn cool, but when I add more rock that will be even less space for him to move around on.

 

[saltwater4life]

true... hmm i wish there was something i knew for sure would work i need a quick cycle...

 

[1979camaro]

put a couple pieces of live rock from your established tank in the qt

 

[saltwater4life]

and will that cycle it?

also are there any types of hang on QT tanks? that way when i get corals i'd only have one set of lights or not?

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

yeah, they have those... i'll find a link real fast and idit it into my post.
AquaFuge PS Refugium
Reef Aquarium Filtration: AquaFuge External Hang-On Refugium
Aquarium Refugiums: In-Tank Refugium

 

[saltwater4life]

Refugium are hang on QT tanks cool i thought they were for like growing plants thx i'll check those links out

 

[1979camaro]

putting the established live rock in will provide you biological filtration aka "cycle"

 

[saltwater4life]

alright i might get this done if i have time other wise idk what i'll do thx tho and yahoo those are alot of money for those tanks

 

[Flowerkid]

i have a tank that only has ls in it and nothing else i got some live rock on the way do i need to qt the rock or can it qt in my bigger tank.