what is a qurantine tank?

Question

i need to know what a qurantine tank is so i could put my fish in there and cure them

Answer 1

A quarantine tank is a small tank*Generally about 10 gallons. More if your keeping larger fish such as Puffers.* With proper meds. Gentle filtration. And in some cases, elevated temperature. To treat the illness of fish. For example. If you have an existing 55 gallon tropical community tank, but it's not fully stocked yet, it's wise to use a 10 gallon or so quarantine tank. Put the fish you just bought for the 55 gallon in the 10 gallon temporarily. Treat them with proper antibiotic's as a precaution and to boost their overall health/immune system. Then accimlate them to your new tank. Have a good day and good luck.

Answer 2

A quarantine tank in a tank/container that is separate from the main tank and used to isolate new fish to make sure they are disease free before adding to the main tank as well as a hospital tank if a fish in the main tank does manage to get sick or hurt.



The quarantine tank provides an isolated safe house for sick/new fish and also a smaller volume of water that is cheaper and easier to medicate.



About 10 gallons is a good size.

Answer 3

It's nothing special. It's simply another aquarium, separate from your main ones.



If you have a lot of valuable (or at least valuable to you) fish, you don't want to take the chance of introducing some random disease to your established tank. So you put any new fish into a separate tank and watch them for a few weeks. If they show no sign of disease, then you can assume they are safe to move in with your existing fish. If they break out with some pox, you can treat it in the quarantine tank, before it infects your other fish, and get the fish back clean health before adding them. If they die, you can bleach the quarantine tank and start again, but either way, your existing fish are safe.



If you have sick fish sometimes you can use the quarantine tank is a "hospital" tank for treating that fish, but most of the time it's either a parasite that affects all the fish, or a problems with the water in the tank. So you have to treat or fix the problem in the main tank anyway.



Ian

Answer 4

a quarantine tank is a small tank you have already cycled with no fish in it. you use it to house your sick or diseased fish so they don't infect the others. having a quarantine tank will make it easier for your sick fish to be treated and less stressful for its recovery. also known as a hospital tank. depending on the size of the fish a ten gallon or smaller tank works best. you can fill it with water from your existing tank. don't go out and buy new gravel or ornaments because they are not necessary. adding new gravel to a tank can greatly increase the PH if not rinsed and cycled properly.



if you don't already own a smaller tank you can pick up everything you will need at the LPS for around $40-50 including tank, hood, filter, heater. again it will depend on the size of the fish and the size tank you will need to safely contain it or them. don't go out and spend a ton of money on a bow front acrylic tank and stand or a canister filter. just get the bare minimum, enough to tend your sick fishes needs until it hopefully recovers. then you can chuck the stuff in the garage or up in the closet till you need it again.



hope this answers your question.

Answer 5

A quarantine tank (also called a hospital tank) is generally smaller than your standard tank and is used to create ideal conditions for fish in fragile states. When fish become sick with diseases like Ich, it is smart to pull them out of the tank and get them away from the other fish before they get sick, too.



When assembling a quarantine tank, use one that is approximately 10-15 gallons, has brand new, treated water and is at a slightly higher temperature than normal. Adding freshwater aquarium salt is never a bad idea either, about 1 tablespoon to every 5 gallons will kill most of the germs in the water. Medicines can also be added, you can find them at your local pet store, but salt and raised temperatures should usually do the trick.



It's never a bad idea to keep a high salt ratio in your tank anyways though, it helps the fish by providing electrolytes and killing bacteria, fungi, and protozoans. Keeping water temperatures higher will also help because it causes the infectious sources' life cycles to speed up and often to die before the can attach and feed on a host (your fish).

Answer 6

It is just a general 10-20 gallon tank, filter, heater (should raise tempature few degrees then normal). It is isolation of a fish and medicines for that fish may be added if needed.