What kind of coral QT do you do.

bretts05jeep

bretts05jeep

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I am getting close to the point where water is going into my new tank. I want to set up some kind of coral QT and am curious what people are using and for how long.

The big things I want to avoid is AFEW, red bugs, and monti nudiebranch. It is my understanding that dips don't work on AFEW and red bug eggs. I was think that I will set up two tanks, probably 20 gallon. Dip new coral put it in one tank for x amount of time. Dip again put it into main tank. Hoping this will allow time for eggs to hatch and be killed in second dip.
 
ultimatemj

ultimatemj

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Most folks don't have the patience, time, or discipline to do it....even though it is clearly in your best interest to do so....especially if you will have more than $$$ invested in your display system.

The work is notable, in that (it seems) you have to run 2 "mature" systems to make it work...otherwise you risk SPS not liking an uncycled "fresh QT". And once you have 2 mature tanks it is hard to resist keeping one "uncomplicated" and ready for quarantining whenever you find your next beauty.

Good luck!
 
bretts05jeep

bretts05jeep

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Is there anyone actually doing this? I have had AFEW in the past and red bugs. They never caused me any real problems, things still kept growing and had good color. About a year and a half I accidently left a dosing pump on and dumped a whole gallon of soda ash in my tank and wiped out all the acros and inverts died. Most of my other coral and all my fish survived. I have not even seen an aiptasia in my tank since then. And there have been no additions to this tank. My plan for these corals before I move them to the big tank is to just give them a dip than set up a system for quarantine.
 
wrasse

wrasse

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I would inspect any new corals. Get a good idea what eggs look like. Don't put anything in your tank that you may have a doubt about. In my experience QT without the proper set up hurst: , time effort, money, just as much as it saves.
 
wrasse

wrasse

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I would dip everything.
Get from a good source. If the seller has a problem with pests you may inherit them.
With SPS try to get rid of the frag disk and just keep the coral.
 
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