Do corals NEED to be quarantined? If your don’t quarantine corals what do to do?

[ReefKeeper666]

So most people have told me they don’t quarantine corals. I know some people do though. So if your not quarantining whats The best steps to take products to use etc. before placing them in your main tank? aside from dips what other things are people doing to reduce the risk of putting something unwanted in their main tank?

 

[Josh Kraft]

I'd say some of the obvious would be...

1.) Dip / bast (use baster to blow over coral) / shake
2.) Cut off plug / use new one / mount directly to rock

 

[Chefwheredyougo]

Pretty much only this ^

 

[andrewey]

If the end goal is to prevent unwanted pests from entering your tank, here are what I consider the order of importance if that's your goal. You can obviously chose to QT or not, however, you increase your risk of introducing a pest if you start lower on the list.

1) QT
2) Manual inspection and removal of pests/eggs
3) Removal of frag plug/rock/substrate
4) Effective Dip

 

[TriggerFinger]

I do not QT my coral...I’ve been rewarded with bubble algae and aiptasia.

 

[Hydrored]

I started with quarantining, then I added real live rock and none of it mattered. What I will say is I dip/scrape/remove frag plug and closely inspect. Since stopping quarantining only thing I have is the world's smallest bubble algae on one of my SPS frags. I did get rewarded for my dealings with live rock in that my tank took off and SPS has never looked better.

 

[pdxmonkeyboy]

Here is a suggestion. Loose about $3,000 in SPS frags and spend weeks ripping out corals, dipping them, blowing them off, etc to get rid of AEFW......THEN come back and ask if it is worth Qt'ing corals.

 

[ReefKeeper666]

Here is a suggestion. Loose about $3,000 in SPS frags and spend weeks ripping out corals, dipping them, blowing them off, etc to get rid of AEFW......THEN come back and ask if it is worth Qt'ing corals.

Wow. That’s horrible but I don’t think l ever invest that much on coral.

 

[andrewey]

Wow. That’s horrible but I don’t think l ever invest that much on coral.

 

[JCTReefer]

+1 to the above.
I’m not sure if you have fish in your tank, but keep in mind ich, velvet, and other fish diseases can be introduced by not quarantining. You can introduce trophonts, theronts or tomonts either with the water or on living rock or a coral’s skeleton.
Dips aren’t going to help with this. I’m sure you know this though . Now that being said, I’d say the vast majority of people don’t quarantine their coral.

 

[ReefKeeper666]

Ive only got a 55 gallon and I’m keeping pretty basic stuff

 

[DrMMI]

For those of you who quarantine coral? How do you do so? Do you keep any fish in the quarantine tank to maintain a nitrate source or do you just dose?

 

[JCTReefer]

Ive only got a 55 gallon and I’m keeping pretty basic stuff

You’d be surprised at how much money you can dump into a tank that size!!! I have a 54 gallon!
Its painful to say I’ve spent about 5,516.00 in corals. No room left now! Time for an upgrade!
Haha!!
Yes I keep track of every purchase. Lol!!!

 

[JCTReefer]

For those of you who quarantine coral? How do you do so? Do you keep any fish in the quarantine tank to maintain a nitrate source or do you just dose?

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[Gernader]

Ive only got a 55 gallon and I’m keeping pretty basic stuff

I said the same thing myself when I got a tank, now I ended up spending thousands on corals and fish. However, it still looks empty

 

[ReefKeeper666]

You’d be surprised at how much money you can dump into a tank that size!!! I have a 54 gallon!
Its painful to say I’ve spent about 5,516.00 in corals. No room left now! Time for an upgrade!
Haha!!
Yes I keep track of every purchase. Lol!!!

dang

 

[JCTReefer]

dang

It’s a terrible addiction this hobby! Haha. When I set up the tank, I had every intention of keeping basic corals. That plan didn’t last long! It doesn’t have to be that way, but I’m a sucker for all things colorful. It’s like eww, that 21 tails torch sure is pretty! Well, there goes 500$. Man, I sure do like that Orange hammer. Well, there goes 400$. I gotta have that jaw breaker! There’s another 300$. Just like any other hobby, you can spend whatever you want, but certainly not necessary to have a beautiful tank!!!

 

[Phildago]

Take frag off plug and rinse with tank water

 

[ReefKeeper666]

It’s a terrible addiction this hobby! Haha. When I set up the tank, I had every intention of keeping basic corals. That plan didn’t last long! It doesn’t have to be that way, but I’m a sucker for all things colorful. It’s like eww, that 21 tails torch sure is pretty! Well, there goes 500$. Man, I sure do like that Orange hammer. Well, there goes 400$. I gotta have that jaw breaker! There’s another 300$. Just like any other hobby, you can spend whatever you want, but certainly not necessary to have a beautiful tank!!!

have a few other hobbies and a mortgage I pay alone as a single guy I’ve seen some of those orange hammers etc. but that’s my Jeep payment lol.

 

[Steven Garland]

If you don't QT your corals,they'll catch Covid and if they don't practice social distancing the whole tank will catch it also..