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292 于 2003-09-18 11:27 
IMHO, 小精靈 is a good choice for q-tank. 1. unlike 濾筒, it keeps the water saturated with oxygen. Remember, the fish is already sick or stressed, oxygen helps. 2. someday, you will not need the q-tank running permanently (you will succeed in keeping healthy fishes, remember?). 小精靈 is easy to be kept in standby mode, just put it in the sump of your main tank. Whenever you buy a new fish, just add your main tank's water to the q-tank, connect the 小精靈 and you are good to go. 3. as for whether it can handle the bio load. Since the q-tank only has a small volume, if you put too many fishes all at once, I think even a 濾筒 can't handle it. So, if all your fishes in the main tank are infected, quarantine the sickest and treat your main tank with low impact method, like garlic or temperature elevation. 4. Keep your good practice of using the main tank's water for water change. 5. put some hiding place in there but don't put LR or sand. Those things absorb medicine. Buy some large PVC pipe and joints. After each use, you can use 1:99 to disinfect the whole tank before putting away for storage. I personally don't think a permanent q-tank is necessary but if you insist, please remember to feed the tank even if there is no fish in it. The bacteria in the filter needs food to survive. Just my 2 cents. BS |
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