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NJ Devils Fan
11-12-2003, 7:35 PM
I was just wondering what size quarantine tank you guys have and what do you keep in them(obviously besides fish).

yashinfan
11-12-2003, 8:02 PM
Well, my q-tanks are 4.5 & 5 gallon tanks because I generally only get 1 or 2 fish at a time and they are small. I don't keep anything in them besides filter and heater. But if they get nervous I add fake and floating plants.

Dangerdoll
11-12-2003, 8:08 PM
I just recently (like in the past couple of days) started up a 10 gallon for quarantine. I'm in the process of cycling so it'll be a few weeks before it's ready or to a point where things are stable. I have some of the main tank gravel and some plastic plants.

(EDIT: filter & heater too of course)

Lukara
11-12-2003, 8:18 PM
Mine is a 10 gallon. I keep a couple of plastic plants, ceramic pots for hiding places, a heater and a filter.

fishfood
11-12-2003, 9:01 PM
I have a 10 gallon that I pretty much keep empty. If I need to put fish in it, I'll grab a couple of live plants and throw them in so the fish has some shelter.

RTR
11-12-2003, 9:34 PM
I use 3 10s, a 15, and a 20-long. At anytime when they are not QT, they serve as snail breeders, small plant grow-out, and rainbow fry hatch and first grow-out.

LMOUTHBASS
11-13-2003, 10:00 AM
with fake plants heater filter, and a female betta

valerie
11-13-2003, 12:00 PM
I have a 5g and a 20g. I put in a AC filter and heater. I decorate withwahtever i have around usually pots, plastic plants, rocks. I keep it dry unless i need it.Then i jsut fill it up the day before and let the temp stablize. I don't cycle it, I jsut add a bag full of gravel from another tank and since its a Q tank or fry tnak water chagnes are done often enough that cycling isn't a problem(plus some meds kill your cycle anyways)

TETRALADY
11-13-2003, 2:25 PM
Because I have limited space, I'm using a 10 gallon ( in the process of cycling) for a Q-Tank but also it will also house a few guppies. Tank contains: heater, filter, some artificial plants and an air stone.:D

wetmanNY
11-14-2003, 5:22 AM
Mine are 10 gallon tanks. For a while there years back I kept adding new 10 gallon Qtanks as things got too interesting in the ones that were up-and-running. Can't do that forever in an apartment eh.

I'm a snob about plastic plants. (Besides, I hear they're very difficult maintenance.) My Qtanks have plants growing on bits of coconut shell, wood or small rocks ('plants on casters'). If it's time to medicate, they can all be removed.

A good idea in show tanks too, when you want to prune the scungy leaves out of the old Bolbitis you know...

Tim Bo
01-22-2004, 2:39 PM
I use 2 10's and a 20 long for quarantine and do it for at least month. If I remember correctly, I have only treated with meds maybe 5 times in the past 5 years. Quarantine is a must in my home tanks! Cardinals and neons are given a month and a half in fairly dark surroundings. I usually more than one filter running in a tank so I always have the option/possibility of removing one to help boost a quarantive tank if necessary. Lots of decoratiions but no live plants.