Quarantining Coral: Do you? Should you? How do you?

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Today let's take about quarantining coral! I have to be honest and say that I have never QT'ed coral and that's not to say that you shouldn't because you can easily introduce disease to your fish but also disease and pest into your coral population if you're not careful. Let's talk about it!

1. Do you quarantine new coral before adding it to your reef tank?

2. What does quarantining coral look like to you? What's your regimen?

**Also would love to see some photos of your coral QT!

coral qt image via @Squishie89

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

Temp acclimate, dip, drop!

 

[shakacuz]

Temp acclimate, dip, drop!

this!

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Also would love to see some photos of your coral QT!

 

[NoahLikesFish]

one reason i dont understadn quarntine is because you have to buy all brand new lights and flow and everything.

 

[ultraArcite]

1. Do you quarantine new coral before adding it to your reef tank?

Yes! And I'm glad I did because I had some aptasia survive a dip...

2. What does quarantining coral look like to you? What's your regimen?

1. Acclimate to QT
2. Seachem Reef Dip
3. Rinse
4. QT for 2 weeks to a month
5. Acclimate to DT
6. Two Little Fishies Revive
7. Rinse
8. Place in DT

Here is a more in-depth look at my process:

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/mon-cala-our-first-foray-into-reef-tanks.821363/post-8889022

 

[Reefsupreme]

Watch Jakes way to add corals to your tank. Take out the bag and drop in tank. That easy. No drip, temp acclimate nothing.

 

[MaxTremors]

Yes! And I'm glad I did because I had some aptasia survive a dip...

1. Acclimate to QT
2. Seachem Reef Dip
3. Rinse
4. QT for 2 weeks to a month
5. Acclimate to DT
6. Two Little Fishies Revive
7. Rinse
8. Place in DT

Here is a more in-depth look at my process:

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/mon-cala-our-first-foray-into-reef-tanks.821363/post-8889022

What does ‘acclimate to QT/DT’ entail?

 

[James_O]

NO, never!

Acclimate, add to the tank. (I will sometimes drip if it’s an LPS or SPS)

IMHO, acclimating coral just causes more and more stress, especially since the water in your QT tank probably aren’t the same exact parameters as your display tank. Also, the light I would imagine would be much different.

 

[James_O]

What does ‘acclimate to QT/DT’ entail?

Acclimate to quarantine tank and place in display tank.

 

[Pistol Peet]

Yes! Always quarantine anything going in ur display tank... plus this gave me the excuse needed to get my wife on board with a brand new shiny set up...

 

[Siberwulf]

Temp acclimate, 50% water volume added to bag, turn down the lights for the rest of the day and then drop it in. Though I'm still in the "Coral for Morons" phase of reefkeeping...

 

[sp1187]

dip, rinse, glue.

 

[mjszos]

1. Do you quarantine new coral before adding it to your reef tank?

Nope! Dip, drip, and let 'er rip!

 

[Poof No Eyebrows]

I don’t quarantine anything…

 

[CoralChaos]

Hello everyone! Personally, Ich management was not working for me and my lifestyle so I had to switch to total prevention. If you don't qt, I don't hate you! Personally I place my inverts and corals in a fishless frag tank for 90 days prior to touching my dt. I like qting coral because it gives you chance to catch some pretty nasty pests, I buy from reputable sources but I did have a zoanthid eating nudibranch outbreak once, had over 40 frags of zoas, even a huge rock covered in zoas, they all got munched on until I solved the issue and I ultimately lost around 30 frags.

 

[ClownSchool]

Temp acclimate, 50% water volume added to bag, turn down the lights for the rest of the day and then drop it in. Though I'm still in the "Coral for Morons" phase of reefkeeping...

I thought I saw you at the meeting!

 

[xiaoxiy]

I’ve been doing a 6 week quarantine with dips every 2 weeks. Got AEFW a year ago and fortunately beat them with weekly dips of ALL of my acros. No thank you again.

My QT tank is 3 gallons and is plumbed to receive waste water from my display via AWC. Excess water drains out into a floor drain via the overflow. This way it gets 100% water changes daily and matches my main systems parameters! It also has a HOB UV and a regular HOB for additional bio filtration too.

 

[WheatToast]

Other
I’ve never owned any coral, let alone quarantined any (I have not quarantined any of my other livestock either, so far, but that will probably change when I get fish).

 

[LiveFreeAndReef]

Other
I’ve never owned any coral, let alone quarantined any (I have not quarantined any of my other livestock either, so far, but that will probably change when I get fish).

no corals or fish? What's in your tank?