Saltwater Quarantine Tank

August 28, 2008 · Filed Under Fish Care, Fish Diseases and treatments 

More commonly known as a “hospital tank” but generally its purpose is the same to protect and cure marine fish from diseases.

The quarantine tank is a life saver and is recommended for beginners and veterans alike, if used properly can be successful in avoiding spread of disease that are often introduced when adding a newly purchased marine fish. Most fish die within two weeks of purchase and this can be caused by marine fish stress or poor water quality. Therefore its recommended to observe your new marine fish in your quarantine tank for at least seven days before releaing into your main tank.

Setting up your quarantine tank is much easier than setting up aquarium, the process is quick and easy and fairly inexpensive, genraly a 10 gallon tank will do the job. Basic equipment required is a tank, filtration system, aquarium lighting and aquarium heater.

A quarantine tank should be set up a few days in advance and to speed up the process use as much water as can be spared from your main tank to get the aquarium biological filter going as fast as possible. Also use gravel from the main tank, place it in a nylon bag and place in the hospital tank. Do not open the nylon bag and place the gravel on the floor of the hospital tank as its a temporary set up, adding the gravel inthe nylon bag will help to start the biologcal filtration.

You may wish to permanently run a quarantine tank as long as the fish that go from the store into the tank do not develop or show any symptoms of disease. Simply change some water at regular intervals and it should always be ready to use.

If, however a fish becomes ill, and/or you treat a sick fish in the tank, then you must empty and clean the tank thoroughly before using it again.

This is a real good way to protect your current fish from the potential dangers of new fish introduction.

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