Connor Elliott Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Does a quarantine tank need to be cycled? How do you maintain quarantine water? What if you need to quarantine for a emergency and have to set a new one up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 27 minutes ago, Connor Elliott said: Does a quarantine tank need to be cycled? How do you maintain quarantine water? What if you need to quarantine for a emergency and have to set a new one up? You do need to have a cycled tank. Most all quarantine tanks are set up with a bare-bottomed, virtually no hardscape. Think of it like an emergency hospital operating room rather than like a social lounge for fish. Just two pre-primed sponge filters, and you're on your way. You'll want an air pump, and two sponge filters. Put these into a tank already established for a few weeks, then pull them out and switch over to your quarantine tank. In an emergency . . . well . . . that depends on what your emergency is. Do you have some sick fish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Elliott Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 Right now I am treating my main tank with quarantine trio as a preventative because I just got 2 new fish my problem is I just noticed one of my corys is missing his barbels and I don’t know what to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 4 minutes ago, Connor Elliott said: I just noticed one of my corys is missing his barbels and I don’t know what to do. Can you take and upload a photo of the Cory? What species of Corydoras is it? What is your substrate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Elliott Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 Albino Cory Dora and it looks like a little fungus my substrate is seachem fluorite but I don’t think that’s the problem and the other 2 are fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Yeah, sometimes they get a little bit injured . . . and then things go downhill fast with the barbels. We've had that happen on some before. If you're using the Med Trio already on the main tank . . . I do not know what else to suggest. That ought to cover most circumstances. I can see how having another tank ready for the Cory to recover in would be so nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Elliott Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 Do you think I should start an emergency quarantine right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Not sure, honestly. If you start a new post under the Illness / Diseases category here not the Forum, describe your cory's situation, include the photo, describe what you're doing already with med trio, someone with a lot more knowledge is bound to share their input. Best wishes to your little guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Elliott Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 So do I go to new topic then diseases? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Go to disease then press on start new topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Elliott Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 I’ll do that thanks for your guys help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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