Quarantining multiple fish.

I have finally cycled my tank and now I am on to buying the fish. I am planning on buying a watchman goby and two clownfish. Now since the clownfish are suppose to be aggressive I know I should add the goby first. But can I put 2 clowns and a goby in a ten gallon quarantine tank? How should I approach this matter. Thanks!

 

Have you cycled the QT at all yet?

How big are the fish?

Be prepared to do the appropriate water changes and testing while they are in QT until the tank is stable.

Congrats on moving on to the fish stage.

 

Thanks! The fish will be pretty small the clowns are babies from the lfs. The goby will be the biggest at a few inches. And no I have not cycled the quarantine yet... But I am thinking I should squeeze the sponge filter from my original tank into the quarantine so the filter can absorbe all of it. Then I will use Seachem Stability to help cycle it. Then doing water changes frequently.. I also just purchased a test kit which will be here soon.

 

And thanks for your fast response!!

 

Sounds like you are off to a great start then.

Perhaps put in a small piece of PVC for the YWG.

Make sure you do not over feed, sometimes getting younger clowns to eat after purchase can be a challenge. Try to feed them what ever the LFS is feeding until move you them over into the display.

 

Ok will do.

 

Buy one of those ammonia "neutralizing" products. They can save you in a pinch when things are a little tight.

 

Such as Amquel?

 

Yes.