Setting Up QT

Bg3489 · 05-16-2007, 11:36 PM

I recently got a awful plague of ich in my 25 gallon hopsital tank. I tore it down today and am thinking of trying to run it in a compeltly different way. I took out all the crushed coral previously in it along with my two pieces of live rock. I put new freshwater in and am allowing my skimmer to run overnight before adding salt tomorrow. With this new bare bones stystem ( Emperor 280 filter, heater, and airstone) will I be able to have a cycle without any biological filtration? How exactly should I run this tank and can someone explain the differenc of not having any biological fiiltration in the tank? Info on how I should cycle it tomorrow and keep it maintained would be really helpful! Thanks

bluespotjawfish · 05-17-2007, 12:17 AM

Doesn't the Emperor have a bio wheel? If so, that is biological filtration. I personally would leave freshwater in it for at least a month (to make sure you get rid of the ich).

vdituri · 05-17-2007, 01:05 AM

I read somewhere that you just need to run it fish free for 3 or 4 weeks and the parasite will die off. Ich can't live without a fish host. The FW would just be a bit of overkill.
Hopefully someone more experienced and well read will chime in with more info.

charlesr1958 · 05-17-2007, 01:06 AM

Most set up a quarantine tank as a temporary item which can be drained and allowed to remain dry inbetween uses as a means to prevent the QT from maintaining a disease/parasite that may have been introduced to the QT. Hopefully, my quarantine page will be of use to you.

Chuck

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Bg3489 Bryozoan Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 52 View Gallery Karma Komment	Setting Up QT I recently got a awful plague of ich in my 25 gallon hopsital tank. I tore it down today and am thinking of trying to run it in a compeltly different way. I took out all the crushed coral previously in it along with my two pieces of live rock. I put new freshwater in and am allowing my skimmer to run overnight before adding salt tomorrow. With this new bare bones stystem ( Emperor 280 filter, heater, and airstone) will I be able to have a cycle without any biological filtration? How exactly should I run this tank and can someone explain the differenc of not having any biological fiiltration in the tank? Info on how I should cycle it tomorrow and keep it maintained would be really helpful! Thanks

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bluespotjawfish Tridacna maxima Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 4,943 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Setting Up QT Doesn't the Emperor have a bio wheel? If so, that is biological filtration. I personally would leave freshwater in it for at least a month (to make sure you get rid of the ich). __________________ Lorraine To BB and all Bluespots - Journey of the 2nd Year ...The 2nd Year - Photoshow Check out Mr. BJ and friends... Mr. BJ's Aquarium - PhotoShow Please Donate to the American Cancer Society: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/lorrainerichards

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vdituri Excellent Guesser :D Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sacramento California Posts: 6,244 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Setting Up QT I read somewhere that you just need to run it fish free for 3 or 4 weeks and the parasite will die off. Ich can't live without a fish host. The FW would just be a bit of overkill. Hopefully someone more experienced and well read will chime in with more info. __________________ Victor ----- People come into our lives for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

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charlesr1958 Scopas Tang Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mactan Island, The Philippines Posts: 431 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Setting Up QT Most set up a quarantine tank as a temporary item which can be drained and allowed to remain dry inbetween uses as a means to prevent the QT from maintaining a disease/parasite that may have been introduced to the QT. Hopefully, my quarantine page will be of use to you. Chuck __________________ __________________________________________ Chuck's Addiction Reef & Reef Aquarium Articles and Links

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