Quarantine Tanks

I don't have any fishes yet but I've been reading other people's topics and post and was wondering how do you make a Quarantine tank? Are you suppose to have a tank thats been cycled readily available just in case your fishes get "sick" or "hurt"?

 

you can have it but if you only have one fish you'll be fine

 

you can have it but if you only have one fish you'll be fine

 

aka hospital tank. this is a very important tank if you have a tank containing more then one fish. this is because if one becomes sick you can move it into the hospital tank for curing because having a tank of fish that are fine and adding medication not needed to all but one or two can cause a probolem

 

When I have to set up a hospital tank, I either use one of my spare fitlers with some media from my established filters or use one of the filters off of my 20 gallon (I have 2 filters on it).

Or, you could cycle the tank and add pure ammonia to it to keep it cycled.

-Chelle

 

so, how do you quarantine fishes before you put them in your community? i read other people's post and you guys always say to make sure your quarantine your tanks before you put them into an established tank... so how do you go about doing that?

 

:shock: :roll:

 

Just put them in the quarantine/hospital tank for a few weeks and watch for any illnesses. If they stay healthy during that period of time, then it should be safe to add them to the main tank.

-Chelle

 

its kinda like if u catch a fish from a river(3") u could put it in your hospital tank(5g or more) and watch to see if it has any dieases from the river. like what t_chelle16 said.