I have (9) fish coming to me via post:
(2) banner, (3) clowns, (1) blue hippo, (1) powder blue tang, (1) yellow tang, 1 bicolor goby.
These "supposedly" were quarantined by a friend of a friend for two weeks.
I still would like to quarantine them before adding to my reef tank. Normally I wouldn't take this many fish all at once, but the person who gave me his aquarium was able to get these at a low cost.
Can I quarantine these all at once in a QT tank? If so, how large should the tank be? How will I keep ammonia down? I'm planning on running Copper 21 days and then Prizo for another week or so to eliminate all risks to my tank.
My tank is 150 gallon and fully cycled with 25 corals and two fish already so I don't want to risk getting ich in the DT, however, I was given some poly labs medic medicine which supposedly is reef safe.
Should I just put fish straight into tank after acclimation and use Medic if needed, or risk QT and losing (9) awesome fish to ammonia levels.
I have some time before the fish arrive (1-2 weeks) and can have a 40-50 gallon QT tank made up quick with sponge/bio filters ahead of time if needed.
New tank owner, inherited reef, no QT tank currently on hand, but I can get one if I need to.
(2) banner, (3) clowns, (1) blue hippo, (1) powder blue tang, (1) yellow tang, 1 bicolor goby.
These "supposedly" were quarantined by a friend of a friend for two weeks.
I still would like to quarantine them before adding to my reef tank. Normally I wouldn't take this many fish all at once, but the person who gave me his aquarium was able to get these at a low cost.
Can I quarantine these all at once in a QT tank? If so, how large should the tank be? How will I keep ammonia down? I'm planning on running Copper 21 days and then Prizo for another week or so to eliminate all risks to my tank.
My tank is 150 gallon and fully cycled with 25 corals and two fish already so I don't want to risk getting ich in the DT, however, I was given some poly labs medic medicine which supposedly is reef safe.
Should I just put fish straight into tank after acclimation and use Medic if needed, or risk QT and losing (9) awesome fish to ammonia levels.
I have some time before the fish arrive (1-2 weeks) and can have a 40-50 gallon QT tank made up quick with sponge/bio filters ahead of time if needed.
New tank owner, inherited reef, no QT tank currently on hand, but I can get one if I need to.