Quarantine tanks are extremely helpful and important in this hobby. There are many reasons to have one.
1. If you have a sick fish or invert, you can put it in the quarantine tank to treat it. If you want to use a copper treatment, it would be best to place the fish in the quarantine tank and treat it there because it could kill other things in your show tank. I made the mistake of doing a treatment on my 36 gallon and it ended up killing my shrimp and coral beauty.
2. Putting treatment in your tank could help with a disease, but it could also kill off good bacteria in you tank. Bacteria that could help your fish.
3. If you add too much of a substance, it could pollute your tank and then there is a very high chance of your tank crashing. It could also kill some of your fish.
4. You could use it as a different tank such as a breeding tank or you could acclimate fish and coral with it.
5. If you get a new fish, coral, or invert shipped, you may not know everything about the animal. You could put the fish in the tank until you are confident that it is rid of disease.
Things to consider when starting one:
Use a 20 gallon or larger.
Do ten to fifteen percent water changes at the least, every week.
1. If you have a sick fish or invert, you can put it in the quarantine tank to treat it. If you want to use a copper treatment, it would be best to place the fish in the quarantine tank and treat it there because it could kill other things in your show tank. I made the mistake of doing a treatment on my 36 gallon and it ended up killing my shrimp and coral beauty.
2. Putting treatment in your tank could help with a disease, but it could also kill off good bacteria in you tank. Bacteria that could help your fish.
3. If you add too much of a substance, it could pollute your tank and then there is a very high chance of your tank crashing. It could also kill some of your fish.
4. You could use it as a different tank such as a breeding tank or you could acclimate fish and coral with it.
5. If you get a new fish, coral, or invert shipped, you may not know everything about the animal. You could put the fish in the tank until you are confident that it is rid of disease.
Things to consider when starting one:
Use a 20 gallon or larger.
Do ten to fifteen percent water changes at the least, every week.