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I have a 2.5 tank with heat and filtration for a quarantine/hospital tank and the denzien in it is a female betta....I have a secondary location for her(in my 10g fry tank)....
the problem i have noticed is that a lot of the meds are set up for a minimum of a 10g so should i use the 2.5 or work on another tank?
Edna

Hi,
Generally speaking, we use 10G tanks for Hospital tanks
because the math for doses of medication are much easier
to figure dividing or multiplying by 10. Also, hospital
tanks should be bare tanks. No substrate, just a inside,
corner, sponge filter powered by an airstone, and a heater.

A 10G tank is also a handy size tank so that you can
closely observe the fish from all sides and not have to
"chase" it the length of a 20G or larger tank.

Most "Q" tanks are larger, have substrate, a few live
plants if you like, standard HOB filters, generally
with BioWheels and a heater.
I'd probably go with a 20G for a Q tank

Frank


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I have never owned a spare tank in 35+ years.
Today the Hospital tank seems to be a 10g, but if you have larger fish you certainly require a larger spare tank.

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Keith

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In addition to what Frank said 10g's are easier to keep stable not just with water quality (in the case of a hospital or Q-tine it'd take a while longer before ammonia builds) but also as far as temperature. Even if you are able to find a heater for the smaller sized tanks the possibility of fluctuations is greater with the smaller water mass. And temperature isnt' something you really want flucuating when you're already dealing with sick and stressed fish :%).

Ditto what Keith said though...it's hard to keep a tank seperate just for hospital/q-tine.

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