Quarantine and hospital tank

[ArtistGardener]

I currently use a single 10 gallon tank as my quarantine and hospital tank. The problem is that if I have to treat with antibiotics or disinfect after some horrible outbreak (like neon tetra disease), it kills the BB. Which means I have to re-cycle the tank. Even though I seed the filter with some media from a clean tank, there is some time lost before I can use the tank again for quarantining new fish. What do other people do?

 

[Brookster123]

Bought two tetra whisper filters for $20 and can interchange and clean out as needed, keep them running on other tanks..

 

[ArtistGardener]

Thanks. Do you use in-tank or hang-on-back types? This is a great idea (unless the tank it was in relates to the disease being treated).

 

[Brookster123]

Hob, whisper 10i

 

[ArtistGardener]

Thanks so much. I think I will get two and keep them in separate tanks. I currently have a 29g cold water tank, a 20 g planted, and 55 gallon planted. That gives me some options on where to keep them. Extra filtration isn't going to hurt any of them! Besides these three and the quarantine tank, I also have a 5 gallon fry tank (with a sponge filter). Right now, it often seems like I just don't have enough back-up if something goes wrong.

 

[Brookster123]

Can never have enough filtration I used the fluval sponges for media, just crammed em in there, works great!