The Hospital Tank

With all the sick fish I had after the crash I read up on the use of a hospital tank. I went looking for a little ten gallon tank I could use for that, after going to a few stores, I found the best deal at one of the small pet stores across town. This particular store had the tank and all the equipment needed to set this hospital tank successfully, he had also been keeping and selling salt water fish for over ten years. This is where I learned that adding garlic to the water helps calm the fish down and helps them fight off disease, he also told me that clown fish will sometimes develop those parasites when they are first introduced to a new tank. The store owner(Harold) also said that I might be better off just treating the clown fish with the garlic in the main tank to limit any stress of being moved into yet another tank, which I did. I bought the hospital tank for about forty bucks because everywhere I had been reading that having a hospital tank was a good idea and that any new fish should be added to the hospital tank first to minimize any risk of disease. I set it up immediately and waited for the water to get to temperature, in the mean time I added the extreme garlic to the main tank. I was able to catch one of the last remaining aggressive Yellowtail Damsel and I put him in the hospital tank, I also put just base rock in the new tank and not live rock, this is just in case I have to use Iodine or Cooper for any treatments, Iodine and cooper kills all living things including live rock. Within a week my clown fish was fine and showed no signs of any disease and my Yellowtailed Damsel was doing just fine as well.