jinx Posted April 3, 2002 Report Share Posted April 3, 2002 when setting one of these up for new additions or medical do you use fresh water or water from the main tank. thanks martin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerhair Posted April 4, 2002 Report Share Posted April 4, 2002 This may help http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/qt-tank.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted April 4, 2002 Report Share Posted April 4, 2002 If it is for new additions, using water from the tank they are intended for saves them having to adjust to 2 different water parameters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinx Posted April 4, 2002 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2002 i read that tigerhair, but it didnt say what water to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerhair Posted April 4, 2002 Report Share Posted April 4, 2002 It depends what fish you have - if you have to treat the water in any way to achieve a certain PH or hardness then water from the tank would be more suitable - however, you need to make sure you are not taking water from a "sick" tank to put your fish in in order to get them better - you may be transferring parasites, etc over. However, you may do this anyway if your filter for the quarantine tank is running in the tank the sick fish came from. Obviously the ideal is to have more than one tank running - and put small extra sponge filters in them all so you can transfer these over to a quarantine tank - however, this is not possible generally!! And, of course, a minimum of 10 tanks is the required amount for all us fish keepers, isn't it!!! As was said, if it's simply a quarantine tank for new fish - water out of the existing tank - at least 50% (filled up with tap water) would be great - so they get used to your PH etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinx Posted April 4, 2002 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2002 thanks for that, i have a second tank with its own filter, heater etc. martin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerhair Posted April 4, 2002 Report Share Posted April 4, 2002 Martin Bear in mind if you have any rocks in your main tank that buffer your pH your quarantine tank may differ in this respect and pH shock can occur. Just trying to cover all angles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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