firemountain
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Everyone,
This will be my first crack at quarantining an SPS coral. My permanent QT is a 30 gallons BB, with one piece of live rock, an Aquaclear 70 HOB filled with Fluval ceramic bio spheres, and a Reef Octopus HOB BH90 skimmer. Water movement is accomplished with a two Sicce Voyager 3 powerheads.
A few days ago I moved a fish from QT up to my 65g mixed reef DT, so the QT tank is used to being fed daily and can handle any bioload I throw at it. Right now I only have a few Trochus snails keeping the tank clean.
My lighting is a bit lagging and is of a concern. I have a Fluval LED strip, in addition to adding a Sunblaster T5 HO light strip to supplement. Here is a link to the lights....
http://www.fluvalaquatics.com/ca/pr...rum-performance-led-strip-light/#.VOvT92eBc2w
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=00ETV95TY7FEVWGWKQ60
I have a few questions that I need help with.
1. After I dip the Coral with Revive, can I get away with the lighting for quarantining purposes. My plan was to start at the bottom of the tank, and gradually move the frag upwards towards the surface. If not...what else would be a good for supplementation to get by with.
2. In terms of supplementation.....do you think that with using Reef Crystals Salt, can I get away with just doing water changes without supplementation. I do have a bucket of Red Coral Sea Pro Salt that I could use.....if you think that would be better.
3. Is the amount of flow with the 2 powerheads good enough for temporarily quarantining.
Basically, I am just trying to use what I have to quarantine the coral for a few weeks, to inspect for bugs, and slow acclimation. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Also... my DT already has a small Garf Bonsai colony, and has been doing well, so I have no problem keeping SPS. My DT parameters are all in line, and I use Kessil's 360we lights, with more than enough in tank flow and turnover rate.
This will be my first crack at quarantining an SPS coral. My permanent QT is a 30 gallons BB, with one piece of live rock, an Aquaclear 70 HOB filled with Fluval ceramic bio spheres, and a Reef Octopus HOB BH90 skimmer. Water movement is accomplished with a two Sicce Voyager 3 powerheads.
A few days ago I moved a fish from QT up to my 65g mixed reef DT, so the QT tank is used to being fed daily and can handle any bioload I throw at it. Right now I only have a few Trochus snails keeping the tank clean.
My lighting is a bit lagging and is of a concern. I have a Fluval LED strip, in addition to adding a Sunblaster T5 HO light strip to supplement. Here is a link to the lights....
http://www.fluvalaquatics.com/ca/pr...rum-performance-led-strip-light/#.VOvT92eBc2w
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=00ETV95TY7FEVWGWKQ60
I have a few questions that I need help with.
1. After I dip the Coral with Revive, can I get away with the lighting for quarantining purposes. My plan was to start at the bottom of the tank, and gradually move the frag upwards towards the surface. If not...what else would be a good for supplementation to get by with.
2. In terms of supplementation.....do you think that with using Reef Crystals Salt, can I get away with just doing water changes without supplementation. I do have a bucket of Red Coral Sea Pro Salt that I could use.....if you think that would be better.
3. Is the amount of flow with the 2 powerheads good enough for temporarily quarantining.
Basically, I am just trying to use what I have to quarantine the coral for a few weeks, to inspect for bugs, and slow acclimation. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Also... my DT already has a small Garf Bonsai colony, and has been doing well, so I have no problem keeping SPS. My DT parameters are all in line, and I use Kessil's 360we lights, with more than enough in tank flow and turnover rate.
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