Regular Member my nemo Posted November 20, 2003 Regular Member Share Posted November 20, 2003 okay I want to turn my 10 gallon in a hospital/quarantine tank. Does it have to be cycled what can I put in it to keep it cycled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Groucho the goldfish Posted November 20, 2003 Regular Member Share Posted November 20, 2003 I would cycle it to be on the safe side. as for to put in it to keep it cycled i dont know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Fishyfan Posted November 20, 2003 Regular Member Share Posted November 20, 2003 It should ideally be cycled so you don't end up stressing a sick fish with poor water quality when it goes in there. You can keep it cycled by just adding a tiny bit of fish food every day. This will then rot, creating ammonia which will keep the cycle going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member daryl Posted November 20, 2003 Regular Member Share Posted November 20, 2003 You can also add just enough pure ammonia (non-sudsing, etc. - the type you can do a fishless cycle with) once a week. In a 10 gallon tank, .5cc of most commercially available ammonias will give you the equivilant of a large fish in the tank. Test it and make sure - ammonias differ in strength. But this is only a once or twice a week thing to do. So it is easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gldfshkpr Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Why not keep a fish in there and when you have to use it as a hospital tank, move your well fish out and put the sick fish in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member SomethingFishy Posted November 21, 2003 Regular Member Share Posted November 21, 2003 I have not used one yet but i would think a hospital tank wouldnt need to be cycled since most treatments are done within a week and it takes longer than that to have an ammonia spike in my experience. I do think it should be cycled as a quarantine tank because fish are normally kept in them for 2-3 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member SomethingFishy Posted November 21, 2003 Regular Member Share Posted November 21, 2003 I forgot to add if you needed to set up a quarantine tank quickly you could just use cycled material from your cycled main tank. It would depend on you and if you always wanted it running 24/7..........if you do you could always try what gldfshkpr suggested and keep some easy fish in there all the time....white cloud minnows maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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