How long do you QT your corals/inverts for?

[TK_KW]

#reefsquad If you QT coral, this is for you.

I'm getting ready to trasfer my first group of corals from QT, to display tank. And I would like a consensus on what the majority of you reefers do.

 

[HotRocks]

76 days for me :)

 

[sde1500]

I look at them, go "oh pretty, glad I bought this" and put it in the tank.

 

[Fudsey]

I'm a dip and drop person....

 

[Ron Reefman]

Most of my inverts other than coral come from wild collecting in the Florida Keys and I put them in a temporary 10g holding tank for a week or two and transfer them to other tanks. Corals from online or friends get the same basic treatment but in my semi-permanent 16g holding tank.

In 16 years I've never had any fish disease and only 1 round of flat worms.

 

[Dsnakes]

I’ve only QT’d fish. Inverts and coral get direct placement after a dip for the coral.

It will probably bite me eventually ;Nailbiting

 

[LovesDogs_CatsRokay]

I do 76 days

 

[TK_KW]

Ok, do you also give it one more dip, prior to introduction into display?

 

[madweazl]

Straight to tank.

 

[LovesDogs_CatsRokay]

Ok, do you also give it one more dip, prior to introduction into display?

Yep

 

[Hermie]

46 days because I am too impatient to do 76

 

[ReeferReefer]

76 days is the only way to be sure. If you are going to QT inverts, why not do the full time to make sure there is no ich or velvet?

 

[Hermie]

76 days is the only way to be sure. If you are going to QT inverts, why not do the full time to make sure there is no ich or velvet?

my reason is because the 76 day threshold is only for one specific species of ich in one study where the researchers were intentionally trying to prolong the incubation period, and velvet's longest time was something around 45 days (hopefully someone else can correct me if wrong)

 

[Signalhead]

I do 20 minutes.

 

[Big G]

76 days. After velvet wiped out an entire tank due to just dipping a couple of corals, that was it for me. I work way too hard to make my DT parasite free. Patience is a virtue :eek::rolleyes:

 

[Lukas75]

my reason is because the 76 day threshold is only for one specific species of ich in one study where the researchers were intentionally trying to prolong the incubation period, and velvet's longest time was something around 45 days (hopefully someone else can correct me if wrong)

This was my understanding and why I think 76 days is unnecessary. The ich strain they tested was housed at a low temperature which slowed down it's lifecycle. That and I can't afford to maintain more than one coral QT. 76 days is a long time to wait between coral additions! Especially if the tank is new!

That having been said I have been bit by cutting corners before. I might slow it down and do the 76 days moving forward to be super sure.

 

[APC]

I used to be a quick dip and go - I will be doing at least 30 days going forward - I got nailed with Bryopsis coming in on a frag I bought (from a really great place - legitimately) and it took me a long time and a lot of $$ in Fluconazole to clear it up. Lesson learned.

 

[ihavecrabs]

76 days here

 

[User]

76 days is a long time to wait between coral additions! Especially if the tank is new!

That having been said I have been bit by cutting corners before. I might slow it down and do the 76 days moving forward to be super sure.

The 76 days doesn’t reset though, since there are no fish in the tank to complete the parasite life cycle.

You can add a new coral every week to the QT- as long as that particular one is in there for 76 days, it’s fine. You can then have a new coral in your DT every week- just have to wait 76 days for your first one to graduate then it’s a rolling process.

Just rinse real well prior to addition to DT to get rid of any potential freeswimmers that hatched or came in on other corals.

The coral invertQT timeframes thread has all the info you need

 

[ihavecrabs]

This was my understanding and why I think 76 days is unnecessary. The ich strain they tested was housed at a low temperature which slowed down it's lifecycle. That and I can't afford to maintain more than one coral QT. 76 days is a long time to wait between coral additions! Especially if the tank is new!

That having been said I have been bit by cutting corners before. I might slow it down and do the 76 days moving forward to be super sure.

My thought behind this is that I spent significant time and resources to quarantine my fishes that I will wait an extra few weeks in order to increase my chances of not introducing a new pathogen to my display. Fully worth it for me because tearing my system down, going fallow, and quarantining the fish over again will not happen :D