quarantine or dip....

[VandyTime]

or both? What is the best overall sps dip if you don't quarantine? Or do you have some vendors/fellow reefers that you just trust?

Reading these articles really made me think about starting over!

by Steven Pro
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-10/sp/feature/index.php

Quarantine of Corals and Invertebrates by Scott Fellman
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/quarinverts.htm

 

[poolkeeper1]

Dip and thorough inspection with the proper solution, Time and What to inspect a coral with to insure there are no Eggs that will hatch out from the specimen that you are looking at!
Quarantine is only as good as the inspections process and killing of any hitch hikers that may be on a coral you put in the QT. If it is infected by missing one egg then you are just possibly adding healthy coral to an infected system.
After battling Flatworms, And it was a battle this IMO is the only way to go because if your QT is not as good as your display you are just taking the risk of killing the Coral you are trying to keep. By keeping it at sub par conditions when it needs a healthy environment to heal and grow.
A dip with Revive or CoralRX with a little Interceptor added for Red Bugs is my preferred method including really making sure there are no Pest present in the first place, And ultimately i even dip any Frags i sell before i sell anything just to make sure there are no chances that I give something to someone I sell a frag or give to anybody that takes anything from my tank. Going the extra mile has worked for me and I will never go back to Quarantine tanks, I would rather spend that money on more coral. JMHO
Bill

 

[VandyTime]

Thanks Bill, I was actually thinking of your tank and the addition of all those new corals.

"A dip with Revive or CoralRX with a little Interceptor"
Will this take care of most all pest? I have always dipped in Reef Dip by seachem, but not sure I trust that! Also what about dipping live rock? Or is that why your using new marco rock?

 

[Pickupman66]

I dip any and all new additions in coral rx pro. I don't have ability to at corals.

 

[mhades]

I've got 4 small tanks. 36g, 20L, 12g nanocube gutted and derimmed, and a 10g in the closet that currently houses rock and a mantis. I'm currently setting up the 12g nanocube for the mantis and fern caulerpa algae. This will also be the tank that I use to quarantine new coral.

My current problems are that I have zoa eating nudi in my 20L and I have red flatworms in my 36g. I think my six-line has really been doing a number on the flatworms. Every couple days I am plucking nudi to feed to my mini carpet in the 20L.

I originally would just risk it when I got new livestock untill I learned the hard way. Now I put new coral into the least important tank and it does not move out of that tank till I am certain it has no pest. Keeping new frags on a frag shelf away from other coral seem to help too.

Eventually, I can see myself having a small refugium quarantine on a large tank where the water overflows through a UV lamp to prevent young pest getting to the display. This is the most ideal quarantine since the main dispay will always have the best water.

I've done multiple freshwater dips on zoas to kill nudi but it just don't work and some of my zoas can't easily be removed from the tank. I'm just fortunate that I have not seen evidence of nudi in my 36g. If I had it all to do over again, I would both dip and quarantine every item that went into my tanks.

I expect to have these animals for many years. The least I can do is take a couple weeks to be sure they are not contaminating my tank. I feel that getting the six-line was a fantastic idea for my tank. It not only eats nudi and flatworms, it is simply a beautiful fish.

 

[mhades]

I've got 4 small tanks. 36g, 20L, 12g nanocube gutted and derimmed, and a 10g in the closet that currently houses rock and a mantis. I'm currently setting up the 12g nanocube for the mantis and fern caulerpa algae. This will also be the tank that I use to quarantine new coral.

My current problems are that I have zoa eating nudi in my 20L and I have red flatworms in my 36g. I think my six-line has really been doing a number on the flatworms. Every couple days I am plucking nudi to feed to my mini carpet in the 20L.

I originally would just risk it when I got new livestock untill I learned the hard way. Now I put new coral into the least important tank and it does not move out of that tank till I am certain it has no pest. Keeping new frags on a frag shelf away from other coral seem to help too.

Eventually, I can see myself having a small refugium quarantine on a large tank where the water overflows through a UV lamp to prevent young pest getting to the display. This is the most ideal quarantine since the main dispay will always have the best water.

I've done multiple freshwater dips on zoas to kill nudi but it just don't work and some of my zoas can't easily be removed from the tank. I'm just fortunate that I have not seen evidence of nudi in my 36g. If I had it all to do over again, I would both dip and quarantine every item that went into my tanks.

I expect to have these animals for many years. The least I can do is take a couple weeks to be sure they are not contaminating my tank. I feel that getting the six-line was a fantastic idea for my tank. It not only eats nudi and flatworms, it is simply a beautiful fish.

 

[Fcamdog]

Revive is the best dip for SPS. Use exactly per the instructions on the bottle and I have never lost a coral, or had a pest get past it. I only use Revive for SPS though. If you need dips for other species, just ask.

Fcamdog

 

[poolkeeper1]

Knowledge?

Knowledge?

Revive is the best dip for SPS. Use exactly per the instructions on the bottle and I have never lost a coral, or had a pest get past it. I only use Revive for SPS though. If you need dips for other species, just ask.

Fcamdog

Where did you get all your knowledge of Pest from? You seem to have it all Figured out (Just Curious) as I thought after 30 years of no Bugs that I knew it all but it finally got me too!
Bill

 

[Fcamdog]

Far from having it all figured out Bill. Is this board going to get as nasty as the rest of RC is now?

I learned the hard way, from losing corals due to pests and then researching, talking, trial and error until I've found what has worked for me in pest erradication. With SPS the product called "Revive" has never failed me. I use it per the directions and it works.

The only thing I do not 100% have nailed down is how to dip LPS, kill all the nasties and keep the coral healthy. I am going to start experimenting with CoralRX (sp?). But since the question asked was about SPS, that's all I posted.

Have a good week all,

Fidel

 

[poolkeeper1]

Not being Nasty!

Not being Nasty!

Far from having it all figured out Bill. Is this board going to get as nasty as the rest of RC is now?

I learned the hard way, from losing corals due to pests and then researching, talking, trial and error until I've found what has worked for me in pest erradication. With SPS the product called "Revive" has never failed me. I use it per the directions and it works.

The only thing I do not 100% have nailed down is how to dip LPS, kill all the nasties and keep the coral healthy. I am going to start experimenting with CoralRX (sp?). But since the question asked was about SPS, that's all I posted.

Have a good week all,

Fidel

Fidel, I was in no way being Nasty I honestly wanted to know just what you have found out that I did not know! Because getting Pest is the worst thing that has ever happened to me in this hobby, I'm sorry It came off wrong to you as I was very sick yesterday and feeling terrible.
This was not meant in any other way than sharing something I thought you knew that I did not, Plain and Simple. End of story as far as I'm concerened.
Bill:wavehand: