QT fish and softie

canadianeh

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I received a small black and white clownfish and a very small Xenia coral from a generous reefer :)


I have some questions in term of QT them as this is my first time. I read some posts on reefcentral about QTing as well.


I have a 10 gallons tank with a Jager 75 watts heater, and a Aquaclear 20 hang on back power filter installed. The tank is bare bottom and I use the filter floss from my DT that still at the end of its cycling phase


I received both the clownfish and the coral last night. I don't have any light on the QT tank, and I left it in dark living room overnight. Both of them survived the night and seem to be okay for now.


My questions:
"¢When I picked them up from the reefer last night, he showed it to me that he is dealing with Aiptasia on one of his softies and he is treating it with Rese Sea Aiptasia-X and snail. Should I treat the fish and Xenia that I received with Aiptasia meds even though I can't see visible Aiptasia on them?
"¢Not related to my previous question, assuming the fish and the Xenia is well (not sick of Aiptasia), can I QT them together in the same 10 gallons tank?
"¢Do I need coral light for the Xenia?
"¢I noticed that the clown like to stay near the bottom front corner under the stream of the water that drops from the power filter. Is this normal? Or is he showing that he is afraid or something else?
 
Aiptasia is a pest anenome, your clown can not get it. lol

Yes you can QT them together, and unless you see an aiptasia, you really cant treat for it. As the chemical their using you squirt directly into the nem.

And yes clowns are funny, mine like to host in the upper corner of my tank and sleep ontop of a powerhead. Completely normal.

You don't need a coral light for the Xenia. If it were me, I would throw out the xenia and never put in the tank. They grow like weeds and will eventually take over the entire tank if not kept in check.
 
Aiptasia is a pest anenome, your clown can not get it. lol

Yes you can QT them together, and unless you see an aiptasia, you really cant treat for it. As the chemical their using you squirt directly into the nem.

And yes clowns are funny, mine like to host in the upper corner of my tank and sleep ontop of a powerhead. Completely normal.

You don't need a coral light for the Xenia. If it were me, I would throw out the xenia and never put in the tank. They grow like weeds and will eventually take over the entire tank if not kept in check.

Ohh no love for Xenia? :) It is my first free coral. I will keep it just for the experience.
 
as much as i love to watch xenia pulse i agree that u shouldnt put it in your tank. i put 1 frag in my large tank and within a few months it is EVERYWHERE. you have been warned.
 
No i love Xenia, just giving you a warning on how invasive it can and will eventually be.

I have a chunk in my tank, but I keep it in check by plucking any new growth, and its isolated to a small rock no where near my other rock work. It will detach and float about the tank, and I keep a constant eye out for them and get rid of them before they are allowed to attach and grow.
 
I really like watching them pulsing and opening and closing. Cool! :P

Isn't plucking them with hand risking more growth everywhere else in the tank due to its polyps?

On an article, it mentioned that One chemical-free way to control Aiptasia is to inject scalding hot RO water into the polyp with a hypodermic needle. The hot water effectively kills the Aiptasia. Anyone tried this method to control them?
 
I'd chip the Xenia off of the rock it is on leaving as little of the rock from his tank as possible. And then glue it to a clean rock. There could easily be aiptasia on the rock that is not visible yet.
 
I just peel them off with tweezers. Sure it leaves a little behind, and eventually grows back, but I keep up on it so it doesn't get to plague proportions. I've had mine for about 2 years now, and it hasn't invaded anywhere in my tank I didn't want it. Which is is sole little rock island. :D
 
I'd chip the Xenia off of the rock it is on leaving as little of the rock from his tank as possible. And then glue it to a clean rock. There could easily be aiptasia on the rock that is not visible yet.

The Aiptasia is on a tiny little rock. The dimension of the rock is about 1"x0.5" and very thin rock. My plan is to put the rock onto a small solitary rock close to the sand so it can grow and cover this small solitary rock only. Good plan?
 
I just peel them off with tweezers. Sure it leaves a little behind, and eventually grows back, but I keep up on it so it doesn't get to plague proportions. I've had mine for about 2 years now, and it hasn't invaded anywhere in my tank I didn't want it. Which is is sole little rock island. :D

Picture please ? :)
 
I am thinking to get a clamp on lamp and LED E27 PAR 38 light. This probably the cheapest option. Unfortunately, they probably don't have moon light
 
You don't need a light for fish QT and you don't need moonlight on any QT. Save your money there.

Yes you can QT them together, but keep in mind a couple of things.

1. If you spot disease on the fish, you will have to move either the fish or the coral to another tank to treat it.
2. If you treat a fish with copper in that tank, it should not have coral in it again unless thoroughly cleaned and had carbon or cuprisorb ran in it for a while. Copper can kill coral/inverts
3. One of the reasons to QT coral/inverts is to make sure they don't carry ich to your DT. This means letting them sit in a tank without fish for 72 days so that ich cysts have had a chance to "hatch" and die without a host.
 
Soon as my lights come on I'll snap a pic of my one headed xenia on its own little shell island. I keep it to one head, maybe 2, but never let it get any bigger then that.
Thank you

You don't need a light for fish QT and you don't need moonlight on any QT. Save your money there.

Yes you can QT them together, but keep in mind a couple of things.

1. If you spot disease on the fish, you will have to move either the fish or the coral to another tank to treat it.
2. If you treat a fish with copper in that tank, it should not have coral in it again unless thoroughly cleaned and had carbon or cuprisorb ran in it for a while. Copper can kill coral/inverts
3. One of the reasons to QT coral/inverts is to make sure they don't carry ich to your DT. This means letting them sit in a tank without fish for 72 days so that ich cysts have had a chance to "hatch" and die without a host.
So if a coral needs to stay in QT tank for 72 days, wouldn't they need light?
 
Ok since I took the picture on my phone, much easier to use tapatalk to upload. Here's my xenia and GSP I keep in check. You can see my fat Mandy in the background.
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If you are trying to keep ich out of your tank, think about doing tank transfer method on the fish. It's good to understand how ich reproduces and why QT for fish and non-fish is different.


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If you are trying to keep ich out of your tank, think about doing tank transfer method on the fish. It's good to understand how ich reproduces and why QT for fish and non-fish is different.


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I will read more about ich. What is tank transfer method?
 
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