Picked up a new little purple tang a couple days ago and have put him alone in my old tank set up.
This system (Waterbox 70.2) has a skimmer, roller filter, return pump and also a UV along with the old substrate and sits right next to the new DT.
Initially I was thinking I'd use this as a 'QT tank' for a while as I've never done it previously, however reading into QT a bit more it seems there's more that goes into it than I initially thought, such as copper dosing / prazi dosing.
The plan was if I noticed any ich/damaged fins or other things that seemed off, I figured I could just treat then as required using 'reef safe' solutions such as polyp labs medic/melafix given there's substrate still in it.
With the existing tank am I wasting my time completely by just observing the little tang over the next 3-4 weeks without dosing anything and running the UV?
Should I extend that time given it's just observation ?
I know it's not a proper QT doing it this way and I'll have to set one up so I can dose copper etc in future and do it properly, but I wonder if it'd still be better than nothing ?
This system (Waterbox 70.2) has a skimmer, roller filter, return pump and also a UV along with the old substrate and sits right next to the new DT.
Initially I was thinking I'd use this as a 'QT tank' for a while as I've never done it previously, however reading into QT a bit more it seems there's more that goes into it than I initially thought, such as copper dosing / prazi dosing.
The plan was if I noticed any ich/damaged fins or other things that seemed off, I figured I could just treat then as required using 'reef safe' solutions such as polyp labs medic/melafix given there's substrate still in it.
With the existing tank am I wasting my time completely by just observing the little tang over the next 3-4 weeks without dosing anything and running the UV?
Should I extend that time given it's just observation ?
I know it's not a proper QT doing it this way and I'll have to set one up so I can dose copper etc in future and do it properly, but I wonder if it'd still be better than nothing ?