Marine Quarantine

[mollymandarin]

I am getting approx a 15g tank over the weekend (second hand) and want to set it up as a quarantine tank for my marine fish.....can you tell me what the basic needs are for this please?

Like.....Do I need to have a large filtration system, LR, Skimmers, Powerheads etc or can it just be the saltwater, heater and a normal filter?

Any help will be greatly appreciated

Thanks in advance

 

[SkiFletch]

A little piece of LR and a sponge filter goes a long way. No sand, no skimmer, and a small powerhead at the surface. Add lots of PLASTIC hiding places for fish

 

[mollymandarin]

A little piece of LR and a sponge filter goes a long way. No sand, no skimmer, and a small powerhead at the surface. Add lots of PLASTIC hiding places for fish

Thanks Ski

Might be a daft question, but what is a sponge filter so I know what I am looking for?

My main tank runs on the MariSys 240 and I have an extra powerhead in the tank, so these sponge filters on their own I am not familiar with

Cheers

 

[garybuk]

Good thread! Am intrested in this too as i never really new what to put in a Q/T tank!

 

[ox5477]

A sponge filter is basically a powerhead/pump of some sort with a sponge attached to the intake. With the pump running, water is pulled through the sponge and there by acts like a filter... so its very easy for you to make your own if you have a powerhead/pump sitting around and a large enough sponge to have enough surface area for the bacteria

Ox

 

[mollymandarin]

A sponge filter is basically a powerhead/pump of some sort with a sponge attached to the intake. With the pump running, water is pulled through the sponge and there by acts like a filter... so its very easy for you to make your own if you have a powerhead/pump sitting around and a large enough sponge to have enough surface area for the bacteria

Ox

Sorry for the late reply.

This sponge filter sounds like the internal ones used in tropical tanks like Elite and Fluval, am I right?