Treating corals 2 prevent pest and disease

[Chong27]

How do u guys treat ur corals b4 u put it in your tank. I been hearing about alot of pests, and disease on corals and how hard it looks to get rid of the problem once introduced into the main tank. I'm doing some research on how to prevent these pest and disease but would like to hear from personel experience and methods. ex. dipping, quarentine..... and the methods u guys use for different corals, ex. sps, lps, zoas...

 

[PatMayo]

I don't treat mine. But you can quarantine. Most do. Also if you try to buy corals grown in captivity a lot of pests are no worry.

Check this thread

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-10/sp/feature/index.php

Regards,

Pat

 

[I am a giraffe]

There's a pretty good dip recipe in the zoanthid forum. Pretty simple mixture, and seems to work well.

 

[Paintbug]

i dont dip my corals as a preventative measure, but i will quarantine them. most the time anyway . if i know where the coral came from, and i know its a clean tank, then i usually dont sweat it. pest like flatworms, red bugs, and others get passed around a lot in the hobby. so if i get a frag from someone i dont know it goes in the QT for a few weeks. that way i can observe the coral. if i see any pest, then i will treat the coral.

 

[Chong27]

After u quarentine the coral and notice pest, what do u do from there

 

[Paintbug]

it really depends on the pest. theres several dips that work for somethings, and not for others. something like aiptasia i will shoot it with some joes juice while in the QT. a lot of pest can be manually removed.