Quarantine Tank

[rfisher]

Hi All,

I want to set up a quarantine tank. I have a small tank in my garage that measures 40cm x 20cm x 25cm, which works out to be approx 4 gallons. Will this be good enough to use as a quarantine tank? Also this tank was using an undergravel filter and I am currently running with a Fluval3+ in my main tank. If i was to remove some water from my main tank to this one and then placed the filter that i have floating in my main tank into this tank would it help get the cycle going quicker, even though I will be using an undergravel filter.

hope this makse sense,

Rich

 

[rfisher]

Bump !!

 

[MegTheFish]

Usually people reccommend 10 gallon minimum, but a 4 gallon is better then nothing. As long as you are keeping small fish, and the fish is only going to be in there for a few weeks, so even if it was a fish that grew large its growth wouldn't be stunted.

 

[bobbicus]

hi

i have a 5 gallon q-tank with a rena flitar 2 in there

is great

less medication needed/used - as it my only be setup for new additions or infected fish???

of course size of q-tank depends upon the size of poorly fish going to be put in there - but q-tanks are great

especially if u catch an illness/disease early before going into main tank and ruining things!!

hth