QT Tank for both Fish and Coral

[afm32607]

Are there any reef safe medications for fish disease that people like as preventative medicines?

I have a 40 gallon breeder set up as my quarantine tank. It works very well for coral.

However, I want to add a few more fish to my 75 gallon reef (three wrasse and them I'm done I swear). Before fish go in any DT I typically observe for 6 weeks or so. I have never treated my new fish with any preventative medicines, mainly because I do not want to ruin my QT tank for my coral.

Any thoughts or opinions on QT practice for reef tanks?

As a note I have a ten gallon tank that I could use to medicate any fish in QT once it comes down with something that can be diagnosed. Should I just use that with copper and prazipro preventative treaments?

 

[ThRoewer]

QTs for fish need to be separated from QTs for inverts and corals - period!

You may have fish in your coral QT if the primary concern is prevention of coral diseases and parasites. But if you want to be sure not to bring fish diseases or parasites into your display tank you better also have no fish in the coral and inverts QT.

Fish should be generally quarantined in tanks that can be sterilized if necessary. Otherwise you just create a culture tank for diseases. And unless you want to sacrifice a bunch of coral I would keep them out of the fish QT.
Generally I don't see the need to cycle a QT. I've never done it. I just start the QT with water from my DT and add a handful of algae from the refugium. For fish that need substrate to burrow I also add some gravel. Hiding places can be provided by PVC pieces or rocks that can be sterilized (like dry and invert free Real Reef live rock.)

Copper is something that I would avoid at all costs. If you have to use it all calcium containing substrate and rock needs to be removed.

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[afm32607]

Just for clarification. Whether I buy fish or coral. Once I make a purchase nothing new comes in or leaves the tank until the entire QT period is finished for the organism requiring the longest QT.

 

[afm32607]

The tank has no substrate but I would need to remove the rocks.

 

[scooter31707]

Just for clarification. Whether I buy fish or coral. Once I make a purchase nothing new comes in or leaves the tank until the entire QT period is finished for the organism requiring the longest QT.

You don't have to go by your statement. Some hobbyist get lucky without doing any quarantine to fish or corals. Some hobbyist don't quarantine coral, they just do a dip upon arrival and into the DT. Me, I quarantine everything b/c I have been bite in the butt before and it suck starting over and spending more money and having an angry wife. So I have a 30 gallon long QT for fish and 10 gallon for corals/inverts. Corals and inverts go at least 72 days in quarantine while fish goes through 8-10 weeks of quarantine.

 

[afm32607]

I keep them in together because I don't want the fish or coral to be carriers for each other's diseases, i.e. the coral are not accidentally carrying an ich spore. And I just don't add anything else to the tank until everything gets to leave.

How often do you change the water in the 10 gallon? Cause I have an empty unused one.

I always figured it was easier to use a larger tank for the coral as I wouldn't have to dose on daily basis and if the basement gets cold in the winter the temperature would be more stable.

 

[afm32607]

Do you have a skimmer on the 10 gallon? Seems pointless if it is coral and maybe a few snails...

 

[scooter31707]

No, I have a canister filter running w/ a spray bar and live rock in the 10 gallon for corals. For fish I have a HOB filter and PVC with no light.

 

[scuzy]

QT Tank for both Fish and Coral

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