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Hospital tank |
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By: Midnighttide102 Date: September 23, 2014, 8:30 pm |
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Like to hear you thoughts on a hospital tank I know we all don't |
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have one but it's one of the most valuable things to keep when |
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were dealing with exspencive fish , like to know your thoughts |
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on keeping it always cycled & running or break it down when not |
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needed it's a subject that should benefit all fish keepers |
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Thanks Again John |
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Re: Hospital tank |
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By: Jennifer Date: September 24, 2014, 12:41 pm |
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I keep a hospital tank. Bare bottom and all of that. I do not |
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keep it set up unless I'm using it though. I always clean it |
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out and bleach it after I've had a sick fish in it. |
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To get it cycled, I have a few little sponge filters that I run |
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in larger tanks I also have a habit of dropping ceramic rings |
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into HOB filters and different places. Sump type set ups and |
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things like that. So at any time I can just transfer one of my |
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sponge filters or use one of my spare HOB filters and raid a few |
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different tanks for some cycled ceramic rings. Ta da!! I also |
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have guppy grass and java moss growing in several places and the |
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guppy grass especially will suck up ammonia and nitrates and |
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everything in between. And, it's kinda like a weed, so after |
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I'm done treating the fish, I can throw the stuff from the |
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hospital tank out without a second thought. Cuz, I know I'll |
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just grow more later. Duckweed would work also. But I hate |
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duckweed. |
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But that's how I manage things. I don't reuse a lot of things |
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from my hospital tanks - if I can't bleach sterilize it after, |
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it goes in the trash. |
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Re: Hospital tank |
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By: mrk13p Date: October 1, 2014, 3:17 am |
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i also think the main advantage of a hospital tank is that the |
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amount of meds you use is less. My hospital tank is 20 gallons |
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and its easier to dose that rather than my 150. Also aside from |
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the obvious reasons as isolating your sick fish and feeding it |
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medicated food. I keep mine up and running. it never comes down. |
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I just keep it well decorated with sand and lava rock so it |
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still looks nice without fish. |
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Re: Hospital tank |
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By: kgtropicals Date: October 1, 2014, 6:12 am |
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Here ya go ::) ::) |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_mTSOBmjfs |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_mTSOBmjfs |
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[sub]edit: video fix [/sub] |
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Re: Hospital tank |
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By: Stu4648 Date: October 6, 2014, 1:28 am |
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John, maybe you could do a Tank Talk episode where you go |
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through some of the most common diseases and give a quick guide |
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on how to prevent / treat them. I think you have touched on |
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quite a few in various videos but it would be useful to have |
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them all together. Things like ICK, bloat and even symptoms of |
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diseases that need treated too such as dropsy. |
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