Adding Zoa's
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RBU1
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In my opinion anytime yo add something wet to the tank that did not go thru QT you have the chance you introduced something. My advice if you want to be certain is count your fallow time from the last thing you add to the tank. So stock up on inverts and corals then when your done count your 10-12 week fallow time.
steelhead77
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Yes you can add zoas or any other type of coral. There is no need to qt corals. Ich will not host on corals. Just don't EVER dump the water they came in into your tank.
lisafoster
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Do a coral dip before adding anything to your tank just in case. Ich does not host corals.
I throw a capful into the bucket when I am acclimating. I use seachem coral dip.
I throw a capful into the bucket when I am acclimating. I use seachem coral dip.
RBU1
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You both are correct corals will not host crypt. You are wrong however because crypt can be in attached to whatever the zoanthids are attached to. So before you give people advice I suggest you have a better understanding of how the parasite life cycle works. If you want to do everything in your power to keep crypt out of your tank anything wet must go thru a qt period of at least 10 weeks but 12 is better.
+1 RBU1. Anything wet can carry ich eventhough they are not hosting it. I learned this lesson when I introduced some sps frags from a reputable online vendor. I knew that they had ich in their display but I felt I could dip the corals in my tank water before putting them in my display. All of my fish that were QT with either hypo or copper came down with ich within a few days.
steelhead77
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We've been thru this before....Most folks don't have the where-with-all to have a qt set up that will keep corals alive.
I understand the ich life cycle just fine. Please don't preach about giving advice. Most of us speak from experience and I would venture to say that the risk of introducing ich into your display from a coral is pretty darn low. Just don't dump the water the coral came in into your tank. Doing a dip first won't hurt either.
If you are going to be this paranoid about ich, maybe you should just keep a plastic sunken ship and be done with it.
Brickyardgreg
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^ agreed. I just learned a lesson about this. I added a ton of frags at once that I recieved on a trade. They where my first additions in over a month. Long story short I had an outbreak soon after, I suspect crypt came into the system on a Plug. In the future I will be qt'ing everything. I also have a question for rbu1. Once crypt is in your system I assume it's always there. If so what can I do in the future to protect new additions?(distant future).
Brickyardgreg
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Thank you. Not the easiest option but nothing good comes easy. I think a rubbermade stock tank or 2 will make a good qt for a bit. I realize that I messed up not qt ing and I'd like to make my tank safe for new additions in the future.
Also guys there are a million reasons to qt corals. Alot of people don't but after the first time you bring in flatworms, redbugs or nudis you will think differently. I was lucky to have just brought ich in as opposed to some of the other pests out there that could potentially decimate your collection of corals. So telling people that there is no need to just cause you've been luck is a little irresponsible.
Also guys there are a million reasons to qt corals. Alot of people don't but after the first time you bring in flatworms, redbugs or nudis you will think differently. I was lucky to have just brought ich in as opposed to some of the other pests out there that could potentially decimate your collection of corals. So telling people that there is no need to just cause you've been luck is a little irresponsible.
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RBU1
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Well for the items you mentioned a dip will work. For crypt a dip will not. So you should if your paranoid like me.....Dip and QT your corals......Sounds like a good way to tell the wife a need a frag tank.....LOL
