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I recently had an incident that I lost all my fish in a FOWLR tank due to velvet. I am thinking of making this tank an all reef tank now but I always see recommendations to quarantine corals before putting into the DT. Is this common practice or is it a waste? my fear is that I introduce something into the tank and kills everything! I know a setup to quarantine corals maybe even more difficult then fish. I would need the proper lighting, dosing trace elements, keeping alkalinity stable which maybe a difficult task when I add corals and remove.
Questions
1. Is quarantine a waste? what are some of the possible invasive bugs, etc. that can be introduced if not doing a quarantine with corals? once introduced, is it something that is easily dealt with? just trying to weigh my options as a new setup for QT is expensive.
2. What is really needed for the setup? I understand about good lighting, flow, temp. but do I also need to invest in a skimmer? as for filtration, can I just do simple HOB filter?
3. If anyone has pics of their coral QT setup I would like to see some pics!
Thanks.
Questions
1. Is quarantine a waste? what are some of the possible invasive bugs, etc. that can be introduced if not doing a quarantine with corals? once introduced, is it something that is easily dealt with? just trying to weigh my options as a new setup for QT is expensive.
2. What is really needed for the setup? I understand about good lighting, flow, temp. but do I also need to invest in a skimmer? as for filtration, can I just do simple HOB filter?
3. If anyone has pics of their coral QT setup I would like to see some pics!
Thanks.