Setting Up QT

rmcrom · Jul 15, 2023

I am setting up a QT system to move ALL of my fish into so I can eradicate ICK and/or Brook from my reef. Most of my fish are small and I was going to put them into a 20 gallon for 2.5-3 months.

20 Gallon Tank:
1 oscellaris clown
1 red head solon fairy wrasse
1 small mccoscker's flasher wrasse
1 small lubbock's fairy wrasse
1 zebra dartfish
1 melenaurus wrasse
1 black sailfin blenny

44 Gallon Rubbermaid Trash Can
1 4-5 inch One Spot Foxface
1 4-5 inch Bristletooth Tang

Do you think there will be any overcrowding issues with either of these stockings? Would you do it different? I am going to do cupramine treatment in these QTs and leave my reef fallow.

I will have a small dish of sand for the melanaurus but other than that just some PVC caves.

blaxsun · Jul 15, 2023

Might be a bit crowded in the 20 gallon.

rmcrom · Jul 15, 2023

blaxsun said:
Might be a bit crowded in the 20 gallon.

What do you think about just the 4 wrasses in the 20 and everyone else in the 44?

Jay Hemdal · Jul 15, 2023

rmcrom said:
I am setting up a QT system to move ALL of my fish into so I can eradicate ICK and/or Brook from my reef. Most of my fish are small and I was going to put them into a 20 gallon for 2.5-3 months.

20 Gallon Tank:
1 oscellaris clown
1 red head solon fairy wrasse
1 small mccoscker's flasher wrasse
1 small lubbock's fairy wrasse
1 zebra dartfish
1 melenaurus wrasse
1 black sailfin blenny

44 Gallon Rubbermaid Trash Can
1 4-5 inch One Spot Foxface
1 4-5 inch Bristletooth Tang

Do you think there will be any overcrowding issues with either of these stockings? Would you do it different? I am going to do cupramine treatment in these QTs and leave my reef fallow.

I will have a small dish of sand for the melanaurus but other than that just some PVC caves.

I would use coppersafe over Cupramine - you may need to rely on ammonia removers in these newly set up tanks, and Cupramine can release toxic amounts of copper if you use those with it.

I’m not a fan of holding fish in trash cans - with no lateral viewing, you can’t really judge the fish’s progress.

You will likely need a lot of bacteria in a bottle for both of these tanks (and I agree, the 20 seems crowded).

Jay

vetteguy53081 · Jul 15, 2023

rmcrom said:
I am setting up a QT system to move ALL of my fish into so I can eradicate ICK and/or Brook from my reef. Most of my fish are small and I was going to put them into a 20 gallon for 2.5-3 months.

20 Gallon Tank:
1 oscellaris clown
1 red head solon fairy wrasse
1 small mccoscker's flasher wrasse
1 small lubbock's fairy wrasse
1 zebra dartfish
1 melenaurus wrasse
1 black sailfin blenny

44 Gallon Rubbermaid Trash Can
1 4-5 inch One Spot Foxface
1 4-5 inch Bristletooth Tang

Do you think there will be any overcrowding issues with either of these stockings? Would you do it different? I am going to do cupramine treatment in these QTs and leave my reef fallow.

I will have a small dish of sand for the melanaurus but other than that just some PVC caves.

thats a lot of fish for a 20g and if one problem evolves, theyre all infected. These fish should be in a 40breeder minimum and in addition to monitoring ammonia levels, you will want to add addition aeration with air stone. In addition, You are better off with safer form of chelated copper such as copper safe or copper power and monitored with a reliable copper test kit such as Hanna brand. Also a relianle ammonia kit.