Hi there. I received my first coral frags (30gal tank is 1 month old and currently has 2 ocellaris clowns, 1 BTA, snails, 3 hermits) on Wednesday and have had them in an isolation tank, just thinking that I would let them rest a bit before dipping them and introducing them to the main tank. 1 "utter chaos" zoa, 1 sinularia leather, 1 discosoma mushroom, 1 GSP frag, 1 chalice.
Then I saw what I think is aiptasia on the zoa -- could someone help confirm?
At first I saw only the one polyp on the bottom of the frag, but then this morning I noticed several more huddled between the zoa heads. It also looks like there's some sponge growing in there as well?
Advice please? They're all in the same 10 gallon tank right now. It's been 2 days. I'm thinking I will go ahead and CoralRX dip the GSPs, leather, mushroom, and chalice, and move them to the main tank, but keep this frag isolated while I figure out what to do.
And I just got the notification that 3 more zoas arrived today. I don't have another tank. :/ I was thinking of going to PetCo to pick up a 5g to use as an ATO reservoir, could maybe do that and temporarily commission it as another QT tank.
Is it reasonably safe to assume that in this short timeframe, the polyps are likely still isolated to this one frag? The chalice is on one side of the tank about 8" away from the others which are spaced about 3-4" apart.
All help appreciated!!
Chalice -- does it look all right for a new arrival?
GSPs seem sprightly:
The mushroom -- is it just the one mushroom on the right corner of this frag? The rest just looks like plug and algae? Should I frag off the rest?
Then I saw what I think is aiptasia on the zoa -- could someone help confirm?
At first I saw only the one polyp on the bottom of the frag, but then this morning I noticed several more huddled between the zoa heads. It also looks like there's some sponge growing in there as well?
Advice please? They're all in the same 10 gallon tank right now. It's been 2 days. I'm thinking I will go ahead and CoralRX dip the GSPs, leather, mushroom, and chalice, and move them to the main tank, but keep this frag isolated while I figure out what to do.
And I just got the notification that 3 more zoas arrived today. I don't have another tank. :/ I was thinking of going to PetCo to pick up a 5g to use as an ATO reservoir, could maybe do that and temporarily commission it as another QT tank.
Is it reasonably safe to assume that in this short timeframe, the polyps are likely still isolated to this one frag? The chalice is on one side of the tank about 8" away from the others which are spaced about 3-4" apart.
All help appreciated!!
Chalice -- does it look all right for a new arrival?
GSPs seem sprightly:
The mushroom -- is it just the one mushroom on the right corner of this frag? The rest just looks like plug and algae? Should I frag off the rest?
