My new Quarrantine system

[johnny roastbeef]

As it turns out, I have Ich in my tank. And I'm going to have to treat my fish, while I leave the tank fallow for a while. I dont want to get a bunch of tanks, so this is my idea.

It's about 565 gallons. My plan is to let most of the fish go free in the tank, with the more delicate fish placed into appropriately sized rubbermaid tubs. I'm going to cut plenty of holes in them to let water flow through. I figure a couple of heaters and some airstones, a powerhead or two and I'll have a treatment tank for all the fish.

Any comments / thoughts?

 

[Awibrandy]

Huh?
You plan to use your kid's pool for your fish?lol Is it a metal one? Won't the salt corrode it? Why not just let all the fish loose in it?

 

[kidninja]

lolol that would be awesome! take some pics if you decide to do it lol

 

[johnny roastbeef]

Its PVC. Im concerned that without rocks or caves the fish will beat each other up.

 

[Awibrandy]

Go for it! Put some cut up pieces of PVC pipes in there with the fish they should be ok!
Do you have any jumpers?

 

[Awibrandy]

You do realize that that is a lot of water to medicate, which translates to lots of med which translates to lots of $$$$$.

 

[johnny roastbeef]

No jumpers at this time, all the jumpers are currently dehydrated. I dont plan on filling this to the very top, so it will be less than the 565 gallons. If I were to put the fishes into separate tanks, I would probably be using a similar amount of meds. I have some pvc elbows in my quarantine tanks, but they never stay put on the bottom.

 

[Awibrandy]

Probably small ones that are to light. Get some 2" pvc pipe, and cut it into 3", 4", so on & so on. They should sink.

 

[Imbarrie]

What about rubber maid containers so you save some water management issues. Evaporation on that kind of surface area with the kiddie pool in the winter is going to be significant.



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[KathyC]

Just how many fish are we talking about?
That is a huge amount of water!

 

[cmor1701d]

I agree that the pool is probably too big unless your talking about a 100 fish. Grab a few 20 gallon Rubbermaid BRUTE containers (rectangular) from Lowes. All BRUTE containers are food grade so no problems with anything leaching. PVC part of variouos sizes for hiding places should be all you need. Get some 90's and 45's and some T's. You can also get some endcaps for some straigt pieces and the T's to create caves for the fish to hide in.
If you're going to leave the main tank fallow long enough to kill Ich you might as well treat with Hyposalinity. I found it the easiest way instead of trying to keep some med at the proper ratio.

Good luck.

 

[j900]

just buy "no sick fish" its about $52 for a bottle and its reef safe, you put some drops in the morning and at night (1 drop for every 25g) for 7 days

 

[johnny roastbeef]

I didnt think about evaporation. I guess I'll leave it covered with a clear tarp.

 

[ChickenKing]

Good luck trying to catch the fish when trying to get the out. I have a hard time in my 10 Gal. QT !!! LOL

 

[Imbarrie]

Keep in mind that water will condense on the tarp. You would have to support the tarp in the center to keep it from getting wet. Unfortunately that condensation will run down the tarp and leak on the floor. That will gradually increase the salinity.

I like the brute suggestion.


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