Evening Folks
So as I am sitting here figuring out where I am going to put all these extra tanks in my tiny sump room. I find myself wondering how you keep a QT tank fresh and ready to go for when you need it. Currently I have one hospital tank cycled and ready to go once I catch my poor Gramma and I am filling up my 30 to start cycling so I can use that tank as an observation tank for when I get new fish. my question is how do I keep the bacteria active while the tank has nobody living in it? Do I ghost feed it here and there or add bottled bacteria every now and then to keep things active? I love this hobby but I'm still quite new and am always looking for answers on the seemingly endless questions that float around my brain lol. it just seems such a waste of time and money to tear it down and set it up again each time you need it. the hosp tank yeah I have no probs ripping that thing down when I need to as it will be medicated at times so it would need a good start each time.
once again Thank ya kindly.
So as I am sitting here figuring out where I am going to put all these extra tanks in my tiny sump room. I find myself wondering how you keep a QT tank fresh and ready to go for when you need it. Currently I have one hospital tank cycled and ready to go once I catch my poor Gramma and I am filling up my 30 to start cycling so I can use that tank as an observation tank for when I get new fish. my question is how do I keep the bacteria active while the tank has nobody living in it? Do I ghost feed it here and there or add bottled bacteria every now and then to keep things active? I love this hobby but I'm still quite new and am always looking for answers on the seemingly endless questions that float around my brain lol. it just seems such a waste of time and money to tear it down and set it up again each time you need it. the hosp tank yeah I have no probs ripping that thing down when I need to as it will be medicated at times so it would need a good start each time.
once again Thank ya kindly.