So, I'm considering getting a small bundle of chaeto and after reading about people getting Aiptasia, I think it'd be best to do some quarantining first. However, I would like to ask how I could deal with a potential outbreak of aiptasia in a QT tank if I'm already quarantining snails. My thought was letting the chaeto sit in RODI water for a while, introduce it to the QT tank, and then watch for aiptasia around a week or two. If it's clean, I would simply do another freshwater dip to kill any potential free swimmers then introduce to the QT.
However, if in this situation I do end up getting aiptasia, would that render all the snails now infected too? I don't know if aiptasia is like ich where if it springs up then the entire tank is potentially infected. Furthermore, would these snails then be considered permanently infected and must be discarded of afterwards? I know it's a low chance and I'd rather risk a few snails over my DT, but I do want to calculate the risks associated with it and ways I can deal with it in the worst case scenario. Or would a simple copper and RODI solution kill everything on the chaeto, including aiptasia, and then I can run it through a QT inspection period? Suggestions would be very much appreciated as I want to get a fuge up and running soon!
However, if in this situation I do end up getting aiptasia, would that render all the snails now infected too? I don't know if aiptasia is like ich where if it springs up then the entire tank is potentially infected. Furthermore, would these snails then be considered permanently infected and must be discarded of afterwards? I know it's a low chance and I'd rather risk a few snails over my DT, but I do want to calculate the risks associated with it and ways I can deal with it in the worst case scenario. Or would a simple copper and RODI solution kill everything on the chaeto, including aiptasia, and then I can run it through a QT inspection period? Suggestions would be very much appreciated as I want to get a fuge up and running soon!