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no special lighting needed for fish, indirect
lighting usually sufficient-- more lighting for some
corals/anemones might be advantageous
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QT Lighting for coral 5-31-2010
Hey guys!
<Evening, Mike here>
Just a quick question on my 10g QT tank. I will be QT'ng everything
I purchase/receive for my 125g DT. My QT is 10g as mentioned with a
sponge filter, heater, some pvc pieces and a 18" T8 Marineland
F15T8 daylight bulb (stock). 15w I think.
<ok>
My first coral purchase will probably be a Rhodactis mushroom or maybe
some Polyps. What light bulb if any would be sufficient to keep corals
of any type for the future in my QT. I can prop them up high in tank on
a piece of egg crate but is there a T8 bulb that will be good enough.
Any corals will eventually be in the DT under 150w HID bulbs.
<Drastic lighting change! Corallimorpharians would likely be okay
for 4 weeks within a few inches of an NO bulb, but going from that to
halide lighting is not going to be a good thing, the change will be too
drastic without slow acclimation. Any particular reason you're
using such an intense light for deeper water corals - is your tank
fairly deep?>
Want to QT for 4 weeks but don't want corals to die from lack of
sufficient light. I will also feed corals to supplement if you
recommend this. If you do what would you suggest if either of these
starter corals benefit from feeding. Phytoplankton?
<Phyto is useless for most corals, Corallimorpharians included.
Corals should definitely be fed, but proper food and size, if it's
known. Oyster eggs, fish eggs, or shredded mysids could work, but like
I said, the issue here is the difference in illumination, not
necessarily too little for the short term quarantine period. I
recommend a more intense lighting in the QT tank if you use intense
lighting in the display. A T5 HO fixture could be used instead of an NO
fixture>
Thanks for the help...sorry could not resist!
<Anytime>
You guys are the best!
<Not me, I'm in and out so often...but thanks!>
Jordan
<Mike Maddox>
Quarantine Tank Lighting - 02/04/06 Kind crew,
<<Evening>> I'm in the process of setting up a new 10
gal quarantine tank (My last tank has become my son's 20 gal
freshwater setup). My question pertains to what type of
lighting I should purchase. <<Depends on what you plan to
quarantine. A small NO fluorescent will do fine for
fish...if you wish to quarantine corals I would consider a 65w 10,000K
PC.>> My tank is a 75 gal with 2-96 watt compact fluorescent
bulbs. My plan is to slowly add some corals over the next
year and I'm thinking I might be better off buying a lower watt
compact instead of the standard fluorescent. <<?...are we still
talking about the QT?>> Also I've been reading Anthony's
"Book of Coral Propagation", great book-highly recommended,
and came up with some possible coral additions for my lighting and was
hoping for a comment and possible additions. They are: Candy
cane coral and some yellow polyps, possible a elegance coral, and maybe
some button polyps. Any thoughts would be
appreciated. Thanks, Dave <<Well Dave, the Elegance
Cora is better left to experienced aquarists and specie specific tanks
in my opinion. You might want to consider one of the
'brain' corals (perhaps Trachyphyllia or Lobophyllia) or maybe
one of the Faviids, though some of the latter are quite aggressive and
need be placed with extreme care. EricR>>
QT false anemone Hi, How are all of you? <<Well,
I can only speak for myself, but I am well... thanks for
asking.>> This is something that confuse me about quarantine... I
know for sure the imperious necessity of quarantine all the living
things I'm going to put in the main tank, but... my QT does not
have light, what if I'm buying a false anemone? <<Do
you mean a Corallimorph? Quarantine is still useful but not
'so' necessary with this animal, you might also have to add
some lighting to your quarantine system.>> how to keep it
in QT without light? <<It probably wouldn't do very
well without some lighting.>> she (or he or it, :) ) needs
light to survive... <<That's right.>>
I'm afraid because the lack of light I'm going to put over the
anemone will mean more stress and the quarantine will be a source of
stress instead a source of acclimation and observation...
<<So buy some lamps for the quarantine tank.>> Thanks,
Carlos <<Cheers, J -- >>
QT/lighting for Tridacnid good evening crew: I have my eye on
a Tridacnid clam that my LFS has had for over a month, so I'm
guessing it's healthy (I'll ask some questions, check the
response to shadow). I have a QT: 30 gal, partitioned into a
20gal side that I have equipped with a hang-on filter and mediocre
skimmer, and a 10 gal side with a hang-on filter/no skimmer. I
don't want to sink a fortune into lighting, but I don't want to
compromise the clam, either. I have a 36" hood with 2 25w NO
aquarium lights that I could use, or I was considering building a
fixture and mounting some compact fluorescents (the kind meant for
replacing normal incandescent bulbs, not PC's) each of about
20W. I probably don't have much choice in the color
temperature, but if this option were viable, and I could choose from
"cool" or "warm", which is best? the tank is
about 16" deep. what would you recommend? thanks! Ken Baker
QT tank! (6/30/03) I just bought a 10 gallon tank for
quarantine. I bought the little kit things they at the
store. Will the little whisper 5-15 gallons filter work for
my quarantine? Or will I have to buy something
better?
<This should be fine, just do frequent partial water changes almost
every day. Which you should be doing anyway in a QT.>
I don't have much money to be going out and buying a super powerful
filter like the one I have for my main tank which is 55
gallons. Do I have to use the carbon with the filter?
<Yes, unless you put the pad in a sump or somewhere it can get lots
of bacteria before adding fish. Although if you use any
medications the filter is going to be useless since the carbon takes
out the medication and most medications will kill the bacteria which
leads you to daily water changes if using a med.>
Since all I am doing is using it to treat the fish with
copper. I have a marine system. As far as
quarantine goes do I have to do weekly water
changes? <See above.> I know that I have to
siphon out the food that wasn't ate since its a real small.
<It will also help siphon out many parasites.>
How long would you recommend being able to put fish in
there? I'm going to use the water from my main tank when
I do a water change to fill most of the quarantine tank up.
<If you use that water from the main tank, right away.>
Then use a new batch of water with a five gallon bucket.<From the
main tank?>
One more question and I'll be done the lights that I have for my 10
gallon tank aren't fluorescent they are the little lights that you
screw in and they are similar to the ones in your house (incandescent)
are those fine to use, and should I run the lights as long as I run the
lights with my main tank.
<Yes these are fine. And yes, run the same light cycle as
the main tank.>
Thank you for your time. I've read so much of the
information you guys have on your website I'm truly glad
that that there is information like that available to people like
myself. I'm a firm believer in the whole quarantine tank
its makes so much sense. Spending that little extra money is
well worth it if something goes bad in my main tank and I end up losing
all my fish.
<Good thing you listen to us and don't have to learn the hard
way like me and so many others! Cody>