Hello all - I'm building out a 40B reef, and I'm reading up on the perils of ich in marine tanks. It sounds awful relative to the freshwater world where I never really had an issue with parasites and diseases.
From what I gather, best practice is to quarantine all new livestock for some number of weeks in a QT, which I don't have but I could get one set up.
Since I'll never have big fish in the 40, I'm assuming that a 20 gallon would be enough space for a QT?
A heater would be needed of course, and it's probably better to go bare-bottomed?
What about filtration? Would a simple HOB-style mech/bio filter be okay, or would I need a skimmer?
What else makes a good QT?
Thanks!
Tim
From what I gather, best practice is to quarantine all new livestock for some number of weeks in a QT, which I don't have but I could get one set up.
Since I'll never have big fish in the 40, I'm assuming that a 20 gallon would be enough space for a QT?
A heater would be needed of course, and it's probably better to go bare-bottomed?
What about filtration? Would a simple HOB-style mech/bio filter be okay, or would I need a skimmer?
What else makes a good QT?
Thanks!
Tim