Curious what the current thinking is on parasite transfers thought coral and other inverts- do those need to be qt'd in a dedicated system or is the risk low enough to not to bother. Specifically regarding parasites and alike which would affect fish.
For context, I've got a 450g FOWLER basically with a lot of pretty expensive fish. I'm close to the point where I finally have my no3 under control and I can start stocking coral. Plan A was to tie in a frag tank into the system and introduce the coral there, then move up in batches to the display. For fish, I'm a die hard qt guy with fish being worked with in dedicated systems for at least 4 weeks (usually 6+). The thought of just plopping in corals from everyone's systems into my tank freaks me out. I'd dip them and such but know that would have no affect on things which affect fish. I know there is a world of coral bugs I need to content with but right not I'm most concerned with the fish. Out of laziness and expense I'd rather not setup a coral qt and then a frag tank tied into the system but will if needed.
For context, I've got a 450g FOWLER basically with a lot of pretty expensive fish. I'm close to the point where I finally have my no3 under control and I can start stocking coral. Plan A was to tie in a frag tank into the system and introduce the coral there, then move up in batches to the display. For fish, I'm a die hard qt guy with fish being worked with in dedicated systems for at least 4 weeks (usually 6+). The thought of just plopping in corals from everyone's systems into my tank freaks me out. I'd dip them and such but know that would have no affect on things which affect fish. I know there is a world of coral bugs I need to content with but right not I'm most concerned with the fish. Out of laziness and expense I'd rather not setup a coral qt and then a frag tank tied into the system but will if needed.
