The Puffer Forum

So, I used to use my 5g as a quarentine tank, but it's got bbgs now, and someday my fish will get too big for that. Right now, I have only 1 gsp and 4 bbgs; but I just got a 75g saltwater, so I will be stocking that eventually. The biggest fish I plan to stock will be 6" max. What would be the best way to make a hospital/quarentine tank?

There is a stripped bare 10g at wal-mart for $10 or something. I was thinking that, an an adequate aquaclear filter. Or the aqueon - I've heard good things about them; but I know no carbon.

I've also heard of people using a tuperware bucket.

What's the best option?

A ten gallon is a good quarantine for your situation. Just make sure the quarantine filer is on the main tank except when in use, or it will not stay cycled, and that if a fish does have an illness, you completely clean out the quarantine filter before returning it to the main tank.

I always wondered how that worked!
Thanks, Nick!
Also, you can't overfilter, right? So would it be okay for me to stick an extra 10g on each of my different tank salinity levels- specifically for transferring over to the hospital tank, or how would I do that? Can I use the same tank for all the different levels?

well the easier way to do it, is if you have an aquaclear filter for the quarentine, you could just put the filter media from your the tank you need to quarentine into the quarentine tanks filter. that way you dont need three filters just three filter medias and one filter.

Also, since I'm trying to save money here....lighting would not be necessary for the q-tank right? As far as I've always understood, it can stress them out and is just for our benefit. Is that true? Could I just get an open 10g w/ the filter situation I talked about? Should there be any substrate in there? Crushed coral? Since all are brackish/saltwater?

Thanks!
J Bishop

I don't usually use gravel or a light on a QT.

Will do; Thanks, Nick!