WarOrks15
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it is the hard stuff they use for ug filters. i ahve a ton of it around the house but never really used it.
Gonna need to wait on this 'till tomorrow night, roomates out with the camera. Sorry about that.anthoeny said:The airline tubing siphoning isn't quite ringing a bell lol... Pic would def help!
If you use any meds, might be an idea to just reserve the HOB as a QT only filter to prevent mishaps down the road. If copper is used at any point then it should definately remain QT filter.
The same way you would use a hose to syphon water out when doing water changes or "borrowing" gas from the neighbours car. . Only difference is to be sure to allow the rigid tubing to suck out any food or detritus that has fallen to the bottom of the tank. The attached flex airline tubing drains into a watse bucket and dumped.anthoeny said:In the meantime, while you're getting that pic for me on "rigid airline tubing" (How do I 'siphon' with airline tubing?)
If you purchase another HOB to run independantly, then you can simpley "steal" the media from the HOB on the main tank and place it in the HOB on the Q tank or double up the media on the main tank. That is if you use the media for the mian tank. You can just add it a week before needed when buying new fish if you don't. You can easily go from the display tank to the QT but never the other way around.... I have a question about HOB filters on qtanks...
A few posts back, when I asked about cleaning Qtanks or whatever, and asked what to do with the HOB used on the qtank when I put it away, you said
If you use any meds, might be an idea to just reserve the HOB as a QT only filter to prevent mishaps down the road. If copper is used at any point then it should definately remain QT filter.
If I do use any medications on the QT tank, after putting it away, tossing the used filter media and letting airdry for some time, I still don't put it back on the display tank for a week (one of the first steps of the quarantine process) with media in it, and then transfer it over to the QT tank? How do I get 'seeded' (from the display tank) media etc, over to the QT tank then?
The flexible hose end....anthoeny said:Hmm
Instead of bothering with the rigid airline (which I still don't fully understand how to do..which part would I suck to get water up and how would it go back down into the bucket for disposal etc?:S)
You could but this is something that must be done after each feeding or when you see anything "foreign" that needs removing. When feeding every other day, it could be fairly disruptive to the fish. Here's the pic, mabye that will help.to remove detritus from the Q-tank, could I just go with a regular Gravel Vac and remove the excess food etc and perform a water change at the same time?
Close but instead of pulling the tubing out, just be sure you have a long enough length of flexible tubing so it can hang into a bucket. Just start the syphon by sucking on the soft tubing while the hard tubing is in the tank. Basically just vacuum out the detritus and uneaten foods.anthoeny said:I see now(I think)! You just put the rigid airline tubing down into the water, suck up on the flexible tubing end, then before the water reaches the top, you take the rigid part out and dump water into bucket, performing a water change as well as removing detritus?
All good except for this last paragraph. If you do not need to treat any fish there is no need for a teardown unless the tank really needs a good cleaning. Until the next fish is ready to be placed in the QT, simpley add small amounts of food once or twice a week to keep the bacteria fed. If you plan to keep the QT running 24/7 it's also a good idea to keep it cycled. If you do a tear down and re-set up, seed it as before using new media and just feed the bacteria. As long as you have something creating ammonia, the bacteria will survive and your QT will remain cycled.anthoeny said:-Fill up tank again with water from Main tank
-Turn heater on (no water changes when unstocked....top off water when necessary)
-Leave HOB filter off
-When QT tank is needed again, put in seeded filter floss from Main tank into QT tank HOB
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