Quarantine CUC if no fish in DT yet?

[shermanator]

I think I know the answer to this, but wanted to double check. There is no point in QTing inverts (snails, cleaner shrimp) if I have no fish in my DT yet (the first first are in QT) and there will be no fish for at least another 2 weeks, right?

I figure with no fish host, even if the water had a small amount of ich, the parasite would die within a week or so. And I never transfer other water into my tank, but obviously inverts will bring in what little amount they use for hydration.

OK to plop them right into a DT with no fish?

Thanks!

 

[JackandJill]

It depends on the level of risk you are willing to accept in relation to the probability of a negative possibility. I'm sure public aquariums,zoos, and hobbyists with thousands of dollars in a tank (and more money to spend on quarantine tanks) do quarantine EVERYTHING.

To quarantine everything be prepared to have systems capable of housing incoming corals, rock, fish, and CUC.

For my tank, I have calculated the risk to cost and I do not quarantine CUC.

EDIT:To answer the question about ICH, without a fish host it is more than likely to die out in 4 weeks while possibly living as much as up to 10 weeks.

 

[Crooked Reef]

Iffy. I don't want to say there is no point because there is a chance that you can introduce something into the system that will survive until the fish get added. The rule is quarentine everything wet. That being said I don't usually quarentine any clean up crew members because at this point when I add one, it is because I need it.

 

[EllisJuan]

I never have. I float the bag to match temp, then poor into a net to get rid of the bag water, then in they go.

 

[shermanator]

EDIT:To answer the question about ICH, without a fish host it is more than likely to die out in 4 weeks while possibly living as much as up to 10 weeks.

I know it can live on substrate a long time, but I assumed that I would only be transferring the swimming stage (at worst, assuming the water had ich parasites), which don't last more than a week or so (at least I thought that was true). But I suppose if an invert came in with a ich cyst, then certainly it could infect fish 2-4 weeks later. Can ich attach to inverts at the cyst stage?

 

[snorvich]

I quarantine anything wet other than fish for one week.

 

[shermanator]

I quarantine anything wet other than fish for one week.

Which is the lesser of two evils: put CUC into QT that currently has fish (and will have fish another 2.5 weeks) or to put CUC into currently fishless DT right away?

If they are both terrible options, I'll go buy another QT setup before the CUC arrives.

 

[Mael]

The petco sale starts this weekend I believe so you could get a small 10g tank for $10 and use it just for CUC and coral QT, size is up to you of course, just an option.

 

[Sk8r]

I dip corals (a must, whether or not you qt corals) and I 'bathe' inverts: I put them into an intermediate bath of tank water I then throw out. for each successive invert. This gives an additional chance to shed any droplet of water that had a microscopic parasite in it.

 

[snorvich]

I dip corals (a must, whether or not you qt corals) and I 'bathe' inverts: I put them into an intermediate bath of tank water I then throw out. for each successive invert. This gives an additional chance to shed any droplet of water that had a microscopic parasite in it.

Excellent advice. The worst thing to do is transfer another system's water into your system.

 

[snorvich]

Which is the lesser of two evils: put CUC into QT that currently has fish (and will have fish another 2.5 weeks) a bad idea


or to put CUC into currently fishless DT right away? as long as no fish go into it for a week, this is preferable.

If they are both terrible options, I'll go buy another QT setup before the CUC arrives.

 

[nuxx]

I quarantine anything wet other than fish for one week.

Hey Steve,

Sorry to bring up an old thread...

... but I'm getting 6 Sea Hares in tomorrow.

I had planned on putting them into my fishless frag tank for quarantine.

Last Sea Hare I had made it to 40 days of QT and died, even with daily feedings.

My question is:

Do you think one week minimum, two weeks maximum would be sufficient to add them into the display?

Would do drip acclimation, then dip in 3 or 4 containers of tank water before adding to the frag/quarantine tank.

Thanks! :thumbsup:

 

[chilli_reef]

I didn't read through all that...
So of this has already been stated excuse my lazyness lol !
I've always heard and read ich is always present. Stress breaks down a fishes immune system and as a result their weakened immune system makes them more likely to contract.
That being said....I've never q/t'ed my cuc's and have never had a problem.