GouramiFanatic
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I'm moving this Friday and I've decided to take the current fish in this tank and bring them to my office tank. I have (4) Julii Cories and (1) Hillstream Loach which I'll put in my 46 gallon bow tank. I also have a single Neon Tetra which my boss has agreed to take. I feel more secure with doing this instead of moving them from my house, to my aunt's house, then to our new house. The way that our closing is set up, this is the only resolution unless I wanted to keep the fish in my car all day long.
Anyway, with the removal of all of my fish I'll have an empty 10 gallon tank which I'm planning to keep as a quarantine tank. My question is, how do I keep it cycled? I know I'll need a source of ammonia, but I can't keep fish in it as it would sort of defeat the purpose of using it as a Q Tank. Would keeping a snail in it work? I don't want to keep any fish in this tank that I can't put in my 75 gallon tank.
Also, one last question. About a month ago I had a bad battle with Ich in this 10 gallon. I lost several fish. I treated it with the heat method and the Ich spots have been gone for about a month. Do I need to worry about it reoccuring once I transport them to their new homes or is it now dead?
Anyway, with the removal of all of my fish I'll have an empty 10 gallon tank which I'm planning to keep as a quarantine tank. My question is, how do I keep it cycled? I know I'll need a source of ammonia, but I can't keep fish in it as it would sort of defeat the purpose of using it as a Q Tank. Would keeping a snail in it work? I don't want to keep any fish in this tank that I can't put in my 75 gallon tank.
Also, one last question. About a month ago I had a bad battle with Ich in this 10 gallon. I lost several fish. I treated it with the heat method and the Ich spots have been gone for about a month. Do I need to worry about it reoccuring once I transport them to their new homes or is it now dead?