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Thanks! When I had it running as a "hospital" I didn't cycle it and ended up with 1.0 ammonia. I did frequent water changes. Of course I had 3 fish in it because i had to take everything out of the main tank so maybe that had something to do with it. 2 of them ended up dying. Not sure if...

How long should I expect this to take to cycle? I bought our system used after it had been running for 4 years so I didn't have to cycle it. Thanks

Thanks again! I found some raw shrimp today and am going to start it tomorrow. Can I put more than one in the tank? I'm thinking that if I have sick fish that I have to get out right away I would just have to be really diligent about water changes. I've heard of some people not cycling the...

I just don't want to keep the QT running all the time. I have 2 young children and taking care of one tank everyday is plenty for me. I really don't think I could keep up with it. Maybe I'm wrong in thinking it would be alot more work, but right now I just think it would end up getting...

Thanks. Can I use both the shrimp and the culture? Do any stores canrry this or is it purely mail order?

I can't take anything from my main tank because I had an ick problem that were trying to clear up(no fish in the tank right now). Therefore I don't want to take anything from that tank. So, I've heard that I can put a raw shrimp in the QT. Problem is everywhere I've looked I can only find...

I figured it out. Thanks.

I've got a sponge filter to use in my QT. I've never used one before. How does it work?!?! Thanks! It's this kind http://www.jehmco.com/PRODUCTS_/FILTRAT ... lters.html

They all had a few spots about a week ago then it went away. Now it's back in full force. I noticed them really bad yesterday morning and this morning the Kole was dead. Now one of them has a cloudy eye. Anyway, hopefully we can get rid of this! Then I will quarantine all new arrivals!

Well, we lost the Kole Tang sometime in the night. How can I be sure that this is Ick and not Oodinium? It does look like salt, but they're completely covered! Also, if I put the sponge filter in the main tank, then will the ick or whatever this is die off from it when I put it in the QT...

Thank you! All of them have it now and are looking quite "spotty". They all seem to be eating well still.

I won't use water from the tank for water changes, but can I use the initial water for the QT from the tank and then kill the ich in it when I kill it on the fish as well? The spnge filter is new. Thanks

This was meant to go under another post! Sorry!

I won't use water from the tank for water changes, but can I use the initial water for the QT from the tank and then kill the ich in it when I kill it on the fish as well? The spnge filter is new. Thanks

Well, I just noticed that my blue tang is covered in spots, my kole is well on the way to being covered and my naso has a few. This really rots! Anyway, here's my plan what do you think? I have a 20 gal that we're going to return(never been used) and get a 30 gal for a QT. Will that be big...