quarantine tank to frag tank

[dendrite]

I have a sumpless 29 gallon tank with 2 inches of sand, 25 lbs. of encrusted liverock naturally growing halimeda, lit by two shoplites, and running a reef octopus bh100 T skimmer. The tank has never been treated. I was thinking of getting a couple of magnetic frag racks, along with a 165 watt Marsaqua LED, and using it as a frag tank. Any thoughts, suggestions, opinions on herbivores to have, clean up crew, water change schedule, coral feeding, circulation,or any other pertinent information.

 

[organism]

Do you have another quarantine tank? Still gonna need one of those

 

[dendrite]

no, the fish population has been stable in my 180 and 40 gallon for several years now. I suppose I would replace some fish losses but most likely just let the population slowly decrease by natural attrition. I have a relatively high fish load in both tanks. So far all appears happy and healthy.

 

[organism]

I mean for your incoming frags, you can get all kinds of pests coming in on new arrivals sometimes...

 

[dendrite]

Actually I hadn't even thought about that. I just assumed that dipping the new arrivals would be sufficient. You would suggest running two simultaneous and parallel systems? I would quarantine my fish in untreated QT for one month. How long would you quarantine new outside corals?

 

[GhostCon1]

Actually I hadn't even thought about that. I just assumed that dipping the new arrivals would be sufficient. You would suggest running two simultaneous and parallel systems? I would quarantine my fish in untreated QT for one month. How long would you quarantine new outside corals?

3-6 weeks.

 

[Jaffy]

30 day or more. Can use Bayer dip for pests - wait a week - if anything needs revive or Louis solution dips do that - feed if need be - I only have a few snails in my at tank - always running I use water changes from display tank.