Need advice on fish only setup...

well a quarantine tank is just that, a qt tank, thay are supposed to be sterile as possible. i guess it wouldnt hurt a bit to put some pvc paices in there or maybe a plastic plant just to make it homey.

if i were you and wanted a qt tank i would just go buy a sponge filter and keep it running in my sump a week or so before using it in a qt tank, and then get a small heater and small pump.

having sand and cheato, rock and all that other stuff in one would really not benifit you at all, especially if you needed to medicate your tank.

sponge filters will get seeded in a week i used to do it all the time with freshwater tanks.

when your done qting just break it all down and store it.

set your other tank up as a fish only tank and do what you want with it.

 

(Pssst...someone stole yer fish....)

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Not bad at all. I like the idea of a minimalist tank. Only thing that would concenr me would be the protein skimmer angle. Depending on the agressivness of the fish you choose for the system, you might be under filtrated...

 

Where are the aneorobic bactieria that break down the fish waste going to live? Without live rock or bio-balls or a foam filter or something ,they don't have anything to seed. You've probably already thought of this, I was just wondering.

 

looks great

what kind of pooch is that in the top pic?

 

Is that a protien skimmer or a UV sterilizer? What did you do for a bulkhead? Is that PVC painted black or ABS plastic? Sorry about all the ????s

Looks really cool though.

 

nice start!