nemotang2019
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I’m upgrading from a Red Sea 170 to a Red Sea 1000 tank (just got delivered!) The 170 has a few fish and corals, and I want to quarantine them and future livestocks. My quarantine plan is to follow Jay Hemdal‘a 2023 recommendations for 64 days for fish and 76 days for corals. But I need help with the execution.
So i have two options.
1) I can set up a 75 g quarantine tank for my current fish and more that I plan to get this weekend, so multiple tangs, clownfish, wrasses, etc. They will be all small less than 3in. For corals, I’d go fallow for 76 days in the new tank. But itd suck to have the big tank with only corals inside for a while. So my alternative is…
2) copper and Praziquantel in the new tank with only fish and pvc pipes( no corals, no rocks, no sand) followed by a 100% water change and cuprisorb. I won’t use a protein skimmer but plan to use uv light. And I’d leave the corals in the current tank for 76 days before moving them over. I like this option because I get to enjoy the fish right away. The only worry is using copper in a new tank and not being able to remove it completely before corals go there. But since I’m not using rocks/sand, I don’t have to worry about copper leaching?
Which option would you go in this case?
So i have two options.
1) I can set up a 75 g quarantine tank for my current fish and more that I plan to get this weekend, so multiple tangs, clownfish, wrasses, etc. They will be all small less than 3in. For corals, I’d go fallow for 76 days in the new tank. But itd suck to have the big tank with only corals inside for a while. So my alternative is…
2) copper and Praziquantel in the new tank with only fish and pvc pipes( no corals, no rocks, no sand) followed by a 100% water change and cuprisorb. I won’t use a protein skimmer but plan to use uv light. And I’d leave the corals in the current tank for 76 days before moving them over. I like this option because I get to enjoy the fish right away. The only worry is using copper in a new tank and not being able to remove it completely before corals go there. But since I’m not using rocks/sand, I don’t have to worry about copper leaching?
Which option would you go in this case?
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