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I am trying to setup some QT and/or Observation tanks for some livestock I am hoping to bring home soon. For fish, I'm going to use the method found here on R2R and I have a tank up and running for fish.
With corals, I still need to do more research on the dipping process itself, but basically I know I want to dip them for coral bugs when I first bring them home, and then place them in their own observation thak and keep them fallow for up to 76 days to starve out any fish parasites they may also be harboring.
Could I please ask, with a coral observation tank, is it best to run this tank bare bottom and use a frag rack, or is actually better to set this tank up like its a full on reef tank with sand and rock? It seems to me that having rock and sand would help provide the most stable environment for corals in observation, and since I won't be medicating this tank, I thought this would be a good idea.
Additionally, I want to keep new inverts like crabs, snails, and shrimp away from fish. My question here is, can I keep the motile inverts in the same observation tank with the corals or is it best to have a separate tank for the corals and for the other inverts (plus a third for the fish)? If the motile inverts need their own tank, should this have sand and rock, or just bare with a dish of sand and PVC hides?
I'm in the process of setting up my quarantine systems right now, and hope to bring some livestock home soon after. I cobbled together a simple rack for 3 (and up to 6) 10 gallon tanks, as well as a 29/20L if I ever need the extra room. I'm driving the tanks with AC70's with cycled bio media, and I have the same light over the coral observation tank that I have on my display tanks. In the picture bellow, the tank on the left is temporarily housing some freshwater fish while I reboot their tank.
With corals, I still need to do more research on the dipping process itself, but basically I know I want to dip them for coral bugs when I first bring them home, and then place them in their own observation thak and keep them fallow for up to 76 days to starve out any fish parasites they may also be harboring.
Could I please ask, with a coral observation tank, is it best to run this tank bare bottom and use a frag rack, or is actually better to set this tank up like its a full on reef tank with sand and rock? It seems to me that having rock and sand would help provide the most stable environment for corals in observation, and since I won't be medicating this tank, I thought this would be a good idea.
Additionally, I want to keep new inverts like crabs, snails, and shrimp away from fish. My question here is, can I keep the motile inverts in the same observation tank with the corals or is it best to have a separate tank for the corals and for the other inverts (plus a third for the fish)? If the motile inverts need their own tank, should this have sand and rock, or just bare with a dish of sand and PVC hides?
I'm in the process of setting up my quarantine systems right now, and hope to bring some livestock home soon after. I cobbled together a simple rack for 3 (and up to 6) 10 gallon tanks, as well as a 29/20L if I ever need the extra room. I'm driving the tanks with AC70's with cycled bio media, and I have the same light over the coral observation tank that I have on my display tanks. In the picture bellow, the tank on the left is temporarily housing some freshwater fish while I reboot their tank.