My QT journey

Lucidbeam · Mar 16, 2020

Going to setup two tanks for QT. I need to start adding fish to my 70 gallon tank. I currently only have one fish, Hoevens’ Wrasse. In the future I plan to add 150 gallon fish tank to the room. You can click on my build thread to see the progress. There is a ton of great information on this site. Wondering if I'm missing anything or should change things around?

I’m using @HotRocks thread as my base. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/my-current-qt-process.483371/ at the bottom of his post are other articles.

(2) 20-Gallon tanks
Each tank will have

Aqua Clear - Fish Tank Filter
75W EHEIM Jager heater
Seachem Ammonia Alert
Digital Temp
Power head
NICREW ClassicLED Aquarium Light
BN-LINK BND-60/U47 Indoor Mini 24-Hour Mechanical Outlet Timer
Fish net
PVC hiding spots

Other equipment/meds

Hanna Copper Checker
Selcon Vitamin
API General Cure
Copper Power
Garlic Guard
Methalyne Blue
Seachem Focus
MetroPlex

I built the stands with 2x4 and cut out an egg crate top

Placed the tanks in separate areas. Everything is 10 feet away from each other.

Here is the game plan.
Tank 1

Label all equipment with a T1 (Tank 1)
Put 10 gallon of display tank water into tank.
Put 10 gallons of new saltwater into tank.
- Will lower salinity and try and match where the fish is coming from.
Pull Aqua Clear filter from sump on display tank (2 months in sump).
Make sure temp is same as display tank.
Setup light timer to match display tank.
Turn on powerhead and point up.
Bring Copper to 1.5 ppm (Copper Power).

Fish arrival.

Try and buy health fish
Verify Salinity
Float fish for 30-45 mins.
Release into QT Tank
Start to raise salinity to match display tank.
Raise Copper ppm to 2 over the next 2-3 days.
- Half daily dose in AM
- Half daily dose in PM
Dose MetroPlex
- Every other day for 10 days
Prep Food (3 days’ worth) Feed while in tank 1.
- 1 tablespoon of food
- Add 1 scoop of API General Cure
- Add 1 scoop of Focus
- Add Selcon +
- Add Garlic Guard
Test Copper daily
Top off tank daily
Feed daily
Watch fish for next 14 days.

Tank 2

Label all equipment with a T2 (Tank 2)
Put 10 gallon of display tank water into tank.
Put 10 gallons of new saltwater into tank.
- Make sure salinity matches Tank 1.
Pull Aqua Clear filter from sump on display tank (2 months in sump).
Make sure temp is same as Tank 1.
Setup light timer to match Tank 1.
Prep Food (3 days’ worth) Feed for first three days
- Observe to make sure no signs of intestinal parasites/worms
  - If signs continue food until signs are gone
Transfer fish
Two rounds of API General Cure 6 days apart
- 25% Water change before second dose
Watch fish for next 14 days.
Transfer to display tank

Thanks for taking a look. Starting to turn Tank 1 up this week.

Daniel@R2R · Apr 16, 2020

How did this work out for you? Hoping everything is doing well!

Lucidbeam · Apr 17, 2020

Daniel@R2R said:
How did this work out for you? Hoping everything is doing well!

Currently in a holding pattern. Got Tank 1 setup completely. Got copper in and then the "Stay at home" was issued. I haven't been able to get out and get fish. I have been making sure the water has been topped off.

One of my questions is will the bacteria on the sponge still be good? It has been about a month of the tank running with no fish. Unless someone says differently I'm going to continue to top off tank and try a fish in it once I can get out.

Plan to get Tank 2 built this coming week.

Lucidbeam · Aug 25, 2020

First round of fish are out. Lawnmower Blenny and Flame Fin Tang. They were in QT a little longer than planned due to me trying to get everything lined up. I track it in excel.