QT filtration question

[d4a2n0k]

Ive come to the point now that I have to pull all my fish from my tank and QT them for ich. I have a PB tang, Foxface Lo, Lyretail Anthias, False Perc., Pygmy Angel, Sixline Wrasse and a Gold Head Sleeper Goby. My PB Tang is covered in it and I cant see him suffer. The other fish have reoccuring problems.

I only have space for a 55 gallon QT which I think should be sufficent for the next 8 weeks.

For filtration I will be using two Emperor 400 filters that I have laying around. My question is, should I put the bio-wheels in my sump of my main tank now to get some bacteria built up on them to avoid an ammonia spike when I add the fish?

Thanks for any help.

[SAT]

What you might do is collect a little detritis from your main tank and let your filters suck it up. The bacteria from that will spread through the tank. Even so, it will be probably be a couple of weeks before the filters can handle the load. Until then you'll need to be aggressively changing water... 50%/day is probably about right. Try to keep the ammonia below 0.1ppm. Also get some ammonia detox solution... I don't like to rely on it, but it works in a pinch.