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yogi

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So my quarantine has cycled and I just put in this nice purple firefish.

What maintenance do you guys/gals perform on a quarantine tank?

I have a 20 gallon tank with aquaclear hob filter.
Thanks in advance
 

thirty5

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And as a tip, you should not have to cycle a QT. You need to have a qt ready to go in a moments notice if you need to get a fish in there.

Goto the store and pick up some ceramic disks like you would use in a hob. I bought a big bag of them and then put some in media bags. Drop them in your sump and just leave them there. They will colonize with bacteria.

Then if you need to get a qt going then you just put those ceramics in an HOB and then fill the QT with tank water. BOOM instant cycled QT.

But make sure that if you put any medicine in that QT, you need to then discard those ceramic disks after you break down the QT, DO NOT, i say DO NOT put them back in your sump with meds... :)

Happy Qt'n
 

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