hospital tank.

[milpitian]

i bought a 40g tank to put my fish in to treat ich. i have two yellow tangs and a sailfin. they have dots on fins. sailfin more than others. they seem fine. eat all the time. how should i set up my qt?

[snorvich]

Are you talking about lymphocystis? In any case, a hospital tank and quarantine tank ideally should be separate but not necessarily so. Each needs to have an active biological filter but there are several ways to go to get this done.

[Jewfish]

hey milipitan,

mu cusin has a nano tank. his coral beauty had the ich. he bought this non-led tratment. it is safe for invertabrates as well as corals. it worked great. I will get the name for yiou

[stingythingy45]

Set the tank up with a heater and saltwater mixed to around 1.025 SG.
A cheap HOB will will work well along with a small PH(but not needed).The bottom of the tank will have NO substrate or LR or any porous type material.All that is required are some different size PVC connections/pipes that the fish can hide behind.
If you decide to go with meds then do not run carbon in the HOB.
If you decide to go with Hypo,the carbon will help remove some of the ammonia.
Ammonia will begin to rise rather quickly in an uncycled hospital tank.You're going to need to do frequent water changes to keep this down.Poly pads and Amequel will help you get ammonia in check beween the changes.It's wise to buy a cheap ammonia badge that changes color to help notify you of high ammonia.
If you have some way of adding beneficial bacteria(old filter pads)do it.But if you go the copper route this wont work.
Lighting is somewhat important as you will want to be able to see the fish's progress during treatment.
Check out the Fish disease forum here on RC for many tips.
Good luck...