RandyH Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Opinions on whether to put any stock in a quarantine tank to keep the nitrogen cycle going until I need to actually quarantine a new fish? Its a 10 gallon aquarium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted September 15, 2020 Administrators Share Posted September 15, 2020 I personally don't keep anything specific in a quarantine tank. I just let mulm hang out from the last batch of fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 In addition to mulm, I use pond snails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnerd Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 I agree with Cory, I just leave the mulm in and i put some type of food in it every other day or so so the benificial bacteria has something to eat,so the bacteria count doesent die off and cant support the fish i put into them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseychef Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 My quarantine tank currently has a fish that’s in time out. He likes to bully some of the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Best answer I've found is here (see Myth 1 quoting a paper showing BB can survive months to years without ammonia): https://aquariumscience.org/index.php/2-12-beneficial-bacteria/ Seems what @Cory does (letting the tank hang out) is what my local fish store does. I often see empty tanks with the sponge filters running for quite some time. As long as you keep the filter running and they're getting oxygen you should be good for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 I keep the sponge filter & heater running and throw a little food in for the bb when I remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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