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

[Cstar_BC]

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?

My QT tank is my tank for my fuzzy dwarf lion and where I let my copepods grow

 

[TriggerFinger]

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..

Not if you’re a equipping them with coral masks and polyp sanitizer so says the CCDC, center for coral disease control ;Smuggrin

 

[lion king]

Aiptasia and bubble algae aside, if you don't want to spread fish disease to your dt; only purchase coral from sources who do not connect their fish tanks to their coral tanks. Lfs that keep pet fish to control pest are fine, as long as these fish have been qt'd. Otherwise, good luck.

 

[BuddyVanDoodle]

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

What if you have something that has completely encrusted to the plug?