I have heard alot about not having live rock or sand in a qt, but I still don't get why. I am not going to use the qt for a hospital tank - I have a 10 gallon for that and as soon as a fish or whatever showed any signs of sickness I would move them strait to the hospital tank and medicate them there.
Someone told me that with a qt or ht the nitrogen cycle would never cycle fully because all the anaerobic bacteria that changes nitrites to nitrates live in a dsb. With no dsb - no anaerobic bacteria. But I don't see how that can be right because there are some people who do bare bottom tanks and surely they don't have high nitrites and nitrates for ever.
What do you think?
Someone told me that with a qt or ht the nitrogen cycle would never cycle fully because all the anaerobic bacteria that changes nitrites to nitrates live in a dsb. With no dsb - no anaerobic bacteria. But I don't see how that can be right because there are some people who do bare bottom tanks and surely they don't have high nitrites and nitrates for ever.
What do you think?