QT question

[krap101]

for quarentine, would it be okay to use ammochips? because some people cycle their tank every time they treat it, but i dont see the use since you'll have to cycle it again if you have to treat something.

 

[Meredith]

I have never used ammochips so I am not sure how well they work. Using some established filter media from your main tank is probably the way I would go. I know some people have an extra filter on their main tanks especially for that reason.
Also with some meds, you are doing daily water changes any way.

 

[gheitman]

I'm not sure what to recommend here. I break down my quarantine tank between uses and get a filter sponge from an established tank to jumpstart the biological filter.

 

[obedey]

I have no idea what ammochips are but I have a qt question of my own. I want to fill up my qt tank but have no extra media in the main tank. I have a sponge filter for the qt tank so i just stuck it on the end of the powerfilter in my main tank. How long will it take for the bacteria to grow in the sponge??

 

[Meredith]

Im not sure. probably a few days?? What I did for my mom when she set up her tank was take some gravel from one of my tanks and I put it into a media bag and put that in her filter. It would at least be a start.

 

[obedey]

its a long weekend here and i wuz just going to put it in on monday so that might be enough time i hope. Its only a sponge filter so i cant put rocks in it.

 

[mattrox]

obedey - A week will get the sponge seeded but that does not mean that the bacteria population will be very high.

Danny- You could try it and see how it works. Report back and see if the Ammonia chips actually keep the levels low while QT'ing.

 

[greenmaji]

The ammino chips sounds like a good idea.. try it out!
Im guessing your thinking of a hospital tank not a QT exactly right?

 

[obedey]

yeh sorta i want to put a yabby in there while she molts
cos thers a big male in ther that chases her.

 

[krap101]

maybe..

i had some feeder crayfish and some feeder whtie clouds in a icebox (like 15 gallons). i put some sand in there and put a corner filter (the plastic crappy kind) runned by an air pump with some floss and some ammo chips. the crayfish survived about a year with no waterchanges and fish flakes. i ended taking the white clouds out and putting them in my 29 gallon and their going in my ponds soon. so...

 

[obedey]

thats mean I would feel slack not changing their water, even if they are feeders.