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Durbkat · 07-30-2006, 06:23 PM

Ok, if you get a sponge filter, get one made for like a 10g tank and put it in your 32g (no need to have it running) and then when you get new fish place it in the treated water in the 10g and then wait a few minutes and put the fish in (aclimate them first). Also just have a 50 watt heater and put it in when you get new fish.

So to answer your question about when to set it up. When you get new fish set it up the day you plan to get the fish and put the heater in the tank and set it on 78F then when you get the fish take the sponge filter from your 32g and put it in the 10g and plug the sponge filter up to the air pump and then aclimate the fish then place them in the tank and keep them in there for two weeks and if they show no signs of illness or disease then you can put them in your 32g.

But to tell ya the truth, I never quarentine my fish as my lps very rarley have sick fish and if they do they don't allow fish to be sold from the tank so I never worry about infecting my tank. But if I got a fish from walmart (which I will never do unless its a betta in its own cup) I'd defiantly quarentine it.

07-30-2006, 06:23 PM	#4
Durbkat It's the Evil Monkey!! Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kentucky Age: 17 Posts: 1,112	Ok, if you get a sponge filter, get one made for like a 10g tank and put it in your 32g (no need to have it running) and then when you get new fish place it in the treated water in the 10g and then wait a few minutes and put the fish in (aclimate them first). Also just have a 50 watt heater and put it in when you get new fish. So to answer your question about when to set it up. When you get new fish set it up the day you plan to get the fish and put the heater in the tank and set it on 78F then when you get the fish take the sponge filter from your 32g and put it in the 10g and plug the sponge filter up to the air pump and then aclimate the fish then place them in the tank and keep them in there for two weeks and if they show no signs of illness or disease then you can put them in your 32g. But to tell ya the truth, I never quarentine my fish as my lps very rarley have sick fish and if they do they don't allow fish to be sold from the tank so I never worry about infecting my tank. But if I got a fish from walmart (which I will never do unless its a betta in its own cup) I'd defiantly quarentine it.