Invert QT?

[HawaiianReef]

I'm setting up my 3rd reef and this time I'd like to try my best to control what goes in.

I've cured my rock in vinegar then bleched it for 3 weeks. I've got all my corals that I've collected in a QT ready to be dipped in Bayer weekly for a month then QT for another 2 weeks. I built a QT and a Hospital tank for any new fish and the fish I do have are waiting in a holding tank.
Im copying what I believe to be a good practice to keep out unwanted pests and diseases. But I haven't heard of any kind of pretreatment towards inverts used for a CUC.
Is there a practice that I missed?

David

 

[ScottR]

Inverts can bring in any disease that a fish can get but you’ll never know it. It’s best to qt them the way you’d qt a fish (minus copper of course). You’d have to qt without fish as any parasite will just end up on the fish and the cycle continues. This is to allow any potential parasite to live out its course of life. Just keep them in the same type of water that your DT has. Same salinity, temp, pH, etc. There’s that 76 day qt many talk about. I guess if you’re really going to go the long run, then that’s the way to go.

I have a friend who takes every precaution to qt everything. He threw in some type of CUC - I forget what kind - and all of his fish got sick.

 

[HawaiianReef]

Thanks for the heads up.
So any diseases on the cuc will have no host in the qt and this will end their cycle. That makes complete sense.
Guess I'll set up yet another qt. It's better than breaking down a tank. Or worse, watching fish die.

 

[ScottR]

Thanks for the heads up.
So any diseases on the cuc will have no host in the qt and this will end their cycle. That makes complete sense.
Guess I'll set up yet another qt. It's better than breaking down a tank. Or worse, watching fish die.

Btw. Do you live in Hawaii now? I grew up there and used to keep fish and there weren’t many places to get fish. Can’t recall seeing any corals. This was 15-20 years ago.