Hospital Tank Size

[candice]

Can anyone help me out with the minimum size tank I can get to use as a hospital tank? The tank I have now is only 5 gal. but we are supposed to be getting two 10 gal. soon. Just wondering if there is anything small I can use right now until I can move my current fish into the larger aquarium. By the way, I have only guppies and a cory. Thanks, Candi

 

[beesnees]

10 g usually the best way to go min

 

[mark.w.jones]

That's the size of my community tank.

 

[bobbicus]

hiya

i suppose the only major thing concerning how small to go --- is the size of fish gonna be put in there!!!! - otherwise a nice small tank (my first q-tank was 22 litres!!!!!!i used this as q-tank >>> making it a hospital tank if any fish have disease or signs of illness - great "holding" tank!!) - ideal to work out medicines and dont use lots too as small tank volume to treat!!

 

[discus dreamer]

A small tank can be very useful for treating one or two fish as it cuts down on the amount of meds you need to use. Also you can put it somewhere that you can keep an eye on what is going on.
DD

 

[paul_219]

Its a quarantine tank. U can have oe like 5 gal tank.

 

[puddle_inc]

as a hospital tank, you usually only have like 1 sick/injured fish in it at a time. i have guppies, so i use a betta bowl as an EB tank (emergency bowl).

 

[OohFeeshy]

It depends what fish and how many you're gonig to end up with at a time, and how long they're in there for. A 5g is fine for most fish- big enough for a small school of small fish, big enough for a single fish up to 4" or so, both for a few weeks. Obviously the bigger the better, but there's no need to use a huge tank unless you're quarenteening large fish or large amounts.

 

[candice]

Thanks everyone for your replies.

 

[JoanneH]

I've got an 8 gallon (37 litre) quarantine tank ........ it works fine

 

[crazie.eddie]

Any size tank would be fine, but I find using tanks that are either 5 gallons or 10 gallons for QT/Hospital tanks best. The reason is medication. Most meds require dosage at a minimum of 10 gallons. If you had a 5 gallon tank, then it's easy to cut the dosage to half, but how would you dose for a 3 gallon or 8 gallon tank?

 

[Tsi_User]

Any size tank would be fine, but I find using tanks that are either 5 gallons or 10 gallons for QT/Hospital tanks best. The reason is medication. Most meds require dosage at a minimum of 10 gallons. If you had a 5 gallon tank, then it's easy to cut the dosage to half, but how would you dose for a 3 gallon or 8 gallon tank?

You beat me to it most medication has directions for a 10 gallon dosing, and sometimes it's alot easier to just cut the dosage in half.

 

[JoanneH]

Any size tank would be fine, but I find using tanks that are either 5 gallons or 10 gallons for QT/Hospital tanks best. The reason is medication. Most meds require dosage at a minimum of 10 gallons. If you had a 5 gallon tank, then it's easy to cut the dosage to half, but how would you dose for a 3 gallon or 8 gallon tank?

You beat me to it most medication has directions for a 10 gallon dosing, and sometimes it's alot easier to just cut the dosage in half.

I just use a calculator and work it out accordingly