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Method for Quarantine?

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#1 ·
I'm about to upsize an overstocked tank for Zebra Danios, but I'm going to leave one of them in his current 5 gallon tank for quarantine. But what I hope to do is clean up the 5 gallon and remove pretty much all of the decorations. In order to do this without causing my little guy too much stress, is it acceptable for me to temporarily place him in a 1 gallon tank while I clean up his 5 gal for quarantine?

Any input on quarantine and decor for that tank are greatly appreciated.
 
#3 ·
Are we talking quarantine as in sick fish needing some type of medication? Or quarantine as in isolating new fish?
 
#6 ·
well then it depends on the size of the fish and no deco is needed in a qt.a bare tank and a single filter would suffice.
 
#9 ·
i a small tank a strong current will cause added stress.
 
#10 ·
If it is part of a kit it is probably too small for the tank in the first place. Don't buy a kit. It is a bunch of under-sized low quality garbage that you will end up having to replace = waste of money.

Zebra danios like high flow. Even if the filter has a lot of flow that is only right in front of the filter output. At the other end of the tank it is fine.
 
#14 ·
does the quarantine tank need gravel, and does it need a filter?
I would have a filter, a simple sponge is best. And a heater of course unless the ambient room temp is sufficient. Most recommend a bare substrate. Medications that may be used might be difficult to get out otherwise. The sponge of the filter can easily be discarded.

Sometimes some sort of "fake" decor helps to calm the fish. I had a Congo Tetra in QT for a week and he crashed into the tank wall a couple times when I was at the tank, obviously due to the stress of being in a bare tank (only had a sponge filter). Got his lip fungused, so had that to deal with too. I now have one of those gray root structures that will only be in this tank and it can be scrubbed in boiling water.
 
#16 ·
Thank you all so much! I lied about that being my last question.

So I have the new tank all set up. Water's been conditioned, plants planted, filter started. As a result of the old tank being overstocked and overplanted, it's disgusting. And at this point I don't know which is worse: to put them in the new tank so soon or to let them spend a night with crap and whatever else was under the plants in their old tank?

Should I switch them over early or hope they survive their filthy tank for the night?
 
#17 ·
Thank you all so much! I lied about that being my last question.

So I have the new tank all set up. Water's been conditioned, plants planted, filter started. As a result of the old tank being overstocked and overplanted, it's disgusting. And at this point I don't know which is worse: to put them in the new tank so soon or to let them spend a night with crap and whatever else was under the plants in their old tank?

Should I switch them over early or hope they survive their filthy tank for the night?
This is the first mention of this issue in this thread. If the "new" tank has live plants, depending how many you could move the fish. I'm assuming this involves 4 (of 5) zebra danio, into a 20g planted tank, correct? Do a 50% water change using tap water in the 5g where the fish are now (assuming this tap water is what you used to fill the 20g), let it sit 20-30 minutes, then net over the 4 fish (if temp is same, or it can be warmer in the 20g but not cooler to touch).
 
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