How to Cycle QT tank? DT has Brooklynella :/

[Jayuh]

Hi! I'm new to this forum, and after a couple hours trying to find answers around the web and not finding much, I thought I'd ask yall.

 

So 2 months ago I started up a 10g tank with about 12lbs of LR. It cycled thru, I waited an extra week as a buffer, and I stocked if with 2 false percs from my LFS. After acclimating them for 2 hours, I placed them in my tank. If you read my title, you'd gather that they both caught Brooklynella and didn't make it a week .

 

Right now I'm running my tank fishless except for a few inverts, and will be for the next several weeks.

 

My question is, how do I set up and cycle a quarantine tank in the mean time? I have man old tank somewhere in garage I can convert. All the things I've read said to either add water from DT water changes, or take some filter medium from the DT, but I'm almost positive I'd just spread the parasite around doing either one. Do I just cycle it the old fashion way, seed it with some new live rock and take it out later? Suggestions?

[VW_TDI_02]

When it comes to quarantine tanks, I only have one set up when I need it and I don't even bother with cycling it. Typically you'll end up doing very regular water changes in order to keep the water in pristine condition. I know in my freshwater canister filter I keep extra pads that fit into the HOB filter that I use for the freshwater quarantine tank. This way I can pull out one of the pads whenever I want and I have a fully cycled tank. You could probably do something very similar with a saltwater tank. Personally, I've done quarantine tanks both ways and have had success.