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    Quarantine Tank

    I have a 500 gallon quarantine tank and wondered what people saw as the maximum size fish that could safely be quarantined in a tank this size?



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    I have had 5 fish at 30-35cm, a couple of 20- 25cm fish and some tiddler tosai in a 'temporary' IBC tank for about a year since building my pond. That has about 200gal in it and the whole system is less than 300gal. All good so far.
    2660 Gallons. 4" Bottom Drain and Skimmer. Draco Solum 16 Drum. Anoxic Filtration. Air lift returns.

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    That's good to know. I'm planning a Qt/grow-on of a similar size so am reassured that it can hold a few fish.

    What filters have you got on the Qt?

    I'm planning to use a midi sieve followed by DIY moving bed bio filter with 50l of k1 on it.

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    Mine is a 500 gallon with an eazy pod over a homemade shower, at the moment theres 4 fish.. 57cm and 3 at around 45cm, i clean the pod 2 times a week and dump the pod 2-3 times each time and the perameters are always good

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    That's good to know. I'm planning a Qt/grow-on of a similar size so am reassured that it can hold a few fish.

    What filters have you got on the Qt?

    I'm planning to use a midi sieve followed by DIY moving bed bio filter with 50l of k1 on it.

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    Last edited by sephuk; 02-03-2021 at 06:48 PM.

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    My grow on has a nexus 200 and runs ozone too, you feed quite heavily so figured as a second hand nexus wasn’t much different in price to a secondhand pod and I had space I’d go for bigger filter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Twhitenosugar View Post
    That's good to know. I'm planning a Qt/grow-on of a similar size so am reassured that it can hold a few fish.

    What filters have you got on the Qt?

    I'm planning to use a midi sieve followed by DIY moving bed bio filter with 50l of k1 on it.

    Sent from my Pixel 4a (5G) using Tapatalk
    A Yamitsu / kockney koi mega box +uv filter with a floss layer which gets binned every so often and large plastic media under it. Then a 125l loft tub moving bed with about
    50L k1 in it. Plus some plants hanging on the side. For such a basic setup it does very well and rarely needs much attention.
    Last edited by Alburglar; 03-03-2021 at 02:51 PM.
    2660 Gallons. 4" Bottom Drain and Skimmer. Draco Solum 16 Drum. Anoxic Filtration. Air lift returns.

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