I have a 300 gallon full reef set up. I love all types of corals as well as all types of fish. Recently I added a fish that brought something into my main display that has pretty much wiped out all my fish. I should have known better! I love my reef and want to keep NO fish in there for the 10 weeks needed to rid the tank of any parasites.
So I will need a tank to quarantine the fish I have and the fish I want to replace and I thought I would build a FOWLR TANK in my office with a bare bottom and some nice scraping with BRS reefsaver rock with a sump, skimmer, controller, etc running one or two KESSIL's for the shimmer and light for the fish. The goal would be to quarantine the fish in a hypo salinity environment and then move them back to the main display and then stocking the quarantine tank with some nice angels that I could never put in my full mixed reef tank and keep it set up.
My concerns are will running hypo kill any bacteria i add? If I need to medicate for some extreme reason would the rock and tank ever be able to be used fora reef tank if down the road I want to convert it to maybe a softie tank or whatever.
I hope I have explained this correctly and any advice,tips, criticism, etc is welcomed.
Thanks for taking the time. DH.
So I will need a tank to quarantine the fish I have and the fish I want to replace and I thought I would build a FOWLR TANK in my office with a bare bottom and some nice scraping with BRS reefsaver rock with a sump, skimmer, controller, etc running one or two KESSIL's for the shimmer and light for the fish. The goal would be to quarantine the fish in a hypo salinity environment and then move them back to the main display and then stocking the quarantine tank with some nice angels that I could never put in my full mixed reef tank and keep it set up.
My concerns are will running hypo kill any bacteria i add? If I need to medicate for some extreme reason would the rock and tank ever be able to be used fora reef tank if down the road I want to convert it to maybe a softie tank or whatever.
I hope I have explained this correctly and any advice,tips, criticism, etc is welcomed.
Thanks for taking the time. DH.