How to setup a qt/snail/fry tank

[somethingsfishy]

Basically i want to grow snails for my loaches but I'm afraid of them not bing enough to keep the tank cycled. Any ideas. Should I get some fish too?

 

[allaboutfish]

ok so having snails in a quarentine defeats the purpose of a quarentine. a quarentine is a tank or container that you put the filter on another tank to keep it cycled and then if you need it for hospital or fry or quarentine then you just put the filter on that container. having snails would just prevent you from being able to treat the tank bc snails will die with some medications. IMO set up a small 5 or 10 gallon snail tank and a quarentine/fry tank.

 

[somethingsfishy]

All my fish are well. I want to grow snails for loaches and puffers. Possibly house my angel eggs. Not so much a qt just another small tank.

 

[allaboutfish]

woudlnt snails eat eggs?

 

[somethingsfishy]

Idk. Never had snails. Brings up a good point though. Maybe no eggs just snails and some fish.

 

[allaboutfish]

sure

 

[The_Desacrator]

I keep a small school of neons(4) to keep the tank cycled. If someone gets sick ill trade the fish from the QT to the regular.

 

[somethingsfishy]

That's what I'll prob do. Keep fish and swap them around in case someone gets ill.

 

[allaboutfish]

a problem with that is a fish wont feal comfortable with no substrate or hideong places, and if you did have substrate or hiding places they would have to be sterilized for the new fish

 

[somethingsfishy]

No I plan to just setup a reg tank no specifics. I'll keep some calm fish and lots of snails as food for the other tanks.

 

[allaboutfish]

ok but when you quarentine or use it for a hospital you must change substrate and boil decor

 

[somethingsfishy]

Got it. Is there a barb that will school with tiger barbs?

 

[allaboutfish]

green barbs albino barbs

 

[somethingsfishy]

Are they fin nippers? I don't want them if so.

 

[allaboutfish]

tiger barbs are

 

[somethingsfishy]

I know that. I'm trying to make a school of my two tigers and some other non aggressive barbs for my main tank. My tigers don't nip my other fish but I'd like them to have some company.

 

[allaboutfish]

oh ok then nope the others will only be as bad as tigers

 

[James_in_MN]

I keep a small school of neons(4) to keep the tank cycled. If someone gets sick ill trade the fish from the QT to the regular.

There really isn't a reason to do that. There are better ways to prepare yourself for the need to quarantine fish.

All you have to do is put a filter that you intend to use for the QT on a cycled tank so it accumulates beneficial bacteria over time. Then, when you need to quarantine fish, just get your QT out of storage, fill it with declorinated water, add your heater that's in storage, move your cycled filter from the cycled show tank to the QT, and you're good to go. If your quarantining a fish out of one of your show tanks, you can put some of that tank's water in the QT when you fill it with dechlorinated tap water; if it's new fish your quarantining, then you'd be just fine using all new dechlorinated tap water.

There really isn't a reason to have a QT set up and running 24/7. It will be stressful on the fish you're keeping in it when they get moved in and out of it, and it will mean unnecessary water changes for a non-show tank.

 

[allaboutfish]

There really isn't a reason to do that. There are better ways to prepare yourself for the need to quarantine fish.

All you have to do is put a filter that you intend to use for the QT on a cycled tank so it accumulates beneficial bacteria over time. Then, when you need to quarantine fish, just get your QT out of storage, fill it with declorinated water, add your heater that's in storage, move your cycled filter from the cycled show tank to the QT, and you're good to go. If your quarantining a fish out of one of your show tanks, you can put some of that tank's water in the QT when you fill it with dechlorinated tap water; if it's new fish your quarantining, then you'd be just fine using all new dechlorinated tap water.

There really isn't a reason to have a QT set up and running 24/7. It will be stressful on the fish you're keeping in it when they get moved in and out of it, and it will mean unnecessary water changes for a non-show tank.

that's exactly what a quarentine is for. your not supposed to have it out all the time.

 

[somethingsfishy]

I get it. The entire purpose is to grow shrimp and isolate new fish. I'll just keep a few fish and alot of shrimp. Not a qt tank.