anemones

[harryehlers]

Should anemones be quarantined before putting in the DT and why?

 

[Bob Escher]

I didn't do anything with mine. You definitely do not want to dip it. You can quarantine if you feel the need to as long as it's the only thing in that QT

 

[BoneXriffic]

If being cautions i would drip acclimate. Then scoop a bowl of tank water and dip him a few times to rinse the existing water off of it then put it right in DT to prevent transferimg lfs water into your system

 

[Bob Escher]

I didn't think of acclimating him as I presumed that it was a normal and mandatory thing to do
But when I acclimate I put the bag in first to get same temp and then I do a drip acclimate at about 2 drops per second or so . I do that with all fish, corals. I then QT fish and dip ( using coral RX)

 

[Untamedrose]

Unless your QT is set up with pretty sweet lighting(which most folks arnt)...it's likely to not be enough might not kill in a few weeks but could harm it.

Plus I dont think anemones are carriers of fish diseases(now the water they come in can be another thing)

I didnt with mine just did a drip acclimation and put it in(with the powerheads off) and left them off until it was attached to the rock.