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Posted: May 28 2013 at 9:51am |
As always, the internet seems to have a thousand different answers to this question so I thought I'd ask people I trust: What type of filtration do you run on a quarantine tank?
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Posted: May 28 2013 at 10:03am |
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I'm running two HOB filters without any media or anything besides sponges. I just maintain chemistry through water changes.
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Posted: May 28 2013 at 10:18am |
+1 to what Anne said. I also just use small poly filters in HOB filters that were previously in my pest free display for a few weeks to seed with bacteria (read side note) and I change those out every week in the QT. If you do not have a clean display tank to seed the filter pads the bacteria will grow itself but it takes longer. Side note: I use the water from my main tanks water changes to do water changes on my QT, but I can do that as everything that has been added to my display water/tank has been through QT process previously so I know (well i am highly confident) it is pest free. If your main tank isnt pest free and you have not previously QT'd everything that went in it (corals, fish, etc) using your display tank water defeats purpose of QT and I do not recomend that but it sure saves on salt cost if you can which is why I mention it.
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Posted: May 28 2013 at 10:22am |
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Is there a special type of sponge to use?
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Posted: May 28 2013 at 10:25am |
i just use a regular AquaClear sponge in my AquaClear. Any standard sponge should work (just not a live one  ) although keep in mind that porous materials (such as sponges) will sometimes absorb copper if that's what you're going to use. Therefore you will need to test your copper levels and adjust the dose as necessary, but be very careful not to overdose.
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Posted: May 28 2013 at 11:24am |
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It depends what sort of treatment I'm doing.
My coral qt has an actual sump with live rock and sand. It also has gfo, carbon, and a skimmer.
My fish qt tanks all differ. If I'm doing the tank transfer method, I don't run any filter since I swap tanks and do a 100% water change every couple of days. The ammonia never builds up. If it does, then I dose amquel.
If I'm running chloroquine, prazipro, etc., then I run a sponge filter driven by an airline. I use a HOB, but without media.
If I'm running antibiotics, then I dose amquel. I will sometimes add a sponge filter if the antibiotics won't harm the good bacteria too much.
Hyposalinity gets a sponge filter initially. Then I remove it as the bacteria may die when the salinity gets too low.
Hope that helps.
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