Hey guys my tank is fully cycled and the Rock is cured. All parameters look good. I have no life in the tank. If I dip the coral and acclimate it is it okay to add or do I need to quarantine it for a few weeks? The quarantine is not fully cycled and not ready. I am excited but don't want to rush. I'm at a store i trust and the frag tank is clean and organized. Should I wait? Any questions I should ask the LFS? Any advice?
Is my tank ready for its first coral?
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I've got the quarantine tank cycling but I'm sure a dip doesn't get rid of everything bad on a coral. Am I correct in that assumption?
NS Mike D
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Dip will not get eggs or encysted ich. Thus quarantine. That being said I played Russian Roulette with my corals using just a dip, but, and here is the question to ask,
my LFS does not share a sump among his fish and coral tanks - thus reducing the chance of ich on the corals. He does keep one fish in the frag tank - but he quarantined that before adding to the frags.
Dip and quarantine is a good habit to have, don't be like me.
my LFS does not share a sump among his fish and coral tanks - thus reducing the chance of ich on the corals. He does keep one fish in the frag tank - but he quarantined that before adding to the frags.
Dip and quarantine is a good habit to have, don't be like me.
Tanthaitrung
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I think itch parasites that live on fishes only, don't they? Or they come with the water that in corals? If so, how to quarantine the corals?
Thanks
Khanh
urbanknight
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As you can see from the responses, it's more of a personal preference. Personally, I dip and quarantine fish and coral. It only takes once for a case of ich, velvet or some other nasty to wipe out your entire aquarium and you'll wish you had quarantined. If I ask myself if I should do something regarding this hobby, I take that as my inner voice telling me that I should.
ReefsandGeeks
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+1, it really depends on how much risk you want. It's real convenient to just dip and put in the tank, but to be certain, QT is needed. That being said, I've never QT'd anything, just dipped coral before putting in the display. I never had money or room for a QT starting out (though I now think I could have gotten away with the bucket method If I tried). So now none of my fish have been QT'ed and at this point I think I have to many to take out and do, so I leave them be since they all seem fine. If you have a larger tank, I'd QT, if smaller, I might not. To me, a large tank is much more pain to work with as you have more fish and rockwork to work around, also a much greater financial investment. At that point, QT seems to make sense to me.
I'll end by saying Nobody ever QT'd and regretted it. Those who don't often get lucky, but occasionally not so lucky.
I'll end by saying Nobody ever QT'd and regretted it. Those who don't often get lucky, but occasionally not so lucky.
scooter31707
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now if you really want some coral that bad, you can go ahead and get your CUC and all the corals you want and put them in the DT. After placing them in there, I recommend letting the tank go fallow for at 72 days just in case something did come in on them.
Tanthaitrung
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Thanks for the replies
So how to quarantine the corals?
So how to quarantine the corals?
