SPS quarantine tank help

[Dorado]

There is a lot of information on how to quarantine fish but not too much on coral, sps more specifically. My plan was to use a 10 gallon with a HOB filter, heater, powerhead and kessil A80 tuna blue. It seems pretty barebones and i'm wondering if this will be enough. Anyone with their own quarantine tank setups/regimens that want to share would be helpful. How long do you typically quarantine before adding to the display? What sort of additives do you add?

 

[SliceGolfer]

 

[Acroporakiller]

In the past I used a IM Nuvo 16g with a wave maker and a heater, then i put some rubble from my display to handle the bio-state. It really wasnt anything special, but it made it so i managed to save about 30 acro frags in it when i caught aefw. I just did a lot of water changes to keep levels in check. I was lucky to have another clean system that was running well that i took water from.

 

[Dr. Jim]

IMO a SPS Q-tank needs to be able to maintain all essential parameters just as well as your DT, and possibly even "better" because newly obtained frags may be more sensitive to imbalances than corals that have become established in your main tank. I'd recommend a larger volume tank to start because I think parameters will fluctuate too easily in a 10 gal tank. (I chose a 45 gal tank for my SPS Q system). I'd also set it up as if it was your main tank (e.g. with fish, live rock and perhaps a sand bed if you like sand, and a protein skimmer). Trying to skimp with a Q-tank may cost you corals more expensive than the cost of a deluxe Q-tank.

Length of Q may be determined by what you have at stake: 2 - 6 mo without new additions perhaps.

I'd add the same additives that you are using for your DT (but just a fraction of the amount of course).