How long can my QT run fallow?

**Gregg** · 23rd Mar 2016, 06:59

I have a 10 gallon quarantine tank, turned hospital tank when all the fish I purchased from 2 local fish shops came home with severe bacterial infections I never was able to heal. There are remaining 3 white clouds that I imagine will die soon sadly. My LFS are terrible, that's another thread. If the fish are able to survive, or die, and the tank is then fallow, what is recommended then? I have no place to put the sponge filter and would like to keep the tank going. Would replacing the water with changes and letting it go fallow eventually be safe? Could I keep safe water parameters with no fish?

Gregg

**CowBoYReX** · 23rd Mar 2016, 07:29

You could buy some ammonia and dose it every so often to keep the bb going

**Gregg** · 23rd Mar 2016, 21:39

CowBoYRex, thank you, any idea how long it may take pathogens to be destroyed/die off in the fishless tank?

Gregg

**CowBoYReX** · 24th Mar 2016, 08:24

I'm not sure but being a hospital tank it shouldn't be hard to tear down and clean thoroughly and put back up

**Gregg** · 24th Mar 2016, 21:45

Thank you for helping.

Gregg

**CowBoYReX** · 24th Mar 2016, 23:48

I tried and hoped someone else would chime in for you

**Gregg** · 25th Mar 2016, 06:25

Well thanks again. Let me throw something out there. The few alive I don't see much hope for so as I said, in any case it will have no fish eventually. I have lately doing a simple treatment, high H20 temp and salt. My idea is to do water changes to rid the tank of salt and then maintain a temperature high enough, long enough, to kill whatever may be in there and still have the bacterial balance, feasible?

Gregg