Transplanting coral from a tank with velvet to a new tank

livinlifeinBKK · Nov 16, 2021

Hi everyone, I unfortunately got velvet in my main display tank which wiped out all the fish before I had a chance to treat it. I decided to set up a new smaller tank while the fallow period is progressing. After adding some really nice live rock yesterday I started thinking about how nice a few of my corals would look if I were to transplant them from the infected tank to the new tank after it cycles. I do plan on having a few fish though so I can't afford to contaminate this tank with velvet. Is there any way to transfer coral from the sick tank to a new tank without contaminating it?

Idoc · Nov 16, 2021

To be safe, don't transfer anything from the infected tank to the new tank until after the fallow period. It's not worth the risk only to have a coral in the new tank a few weeks earlier.

livinlifeinBKK · Nov 17, 2021

Idoc said:
To be safe, don't transfer anything from the infected tank to the new tank until after the fallow period. It's not worth the risk only to have a coral in the new tank a few weeks earlier.

I agree with that...I wasn't sure if maybe there was some medication that would kill all the parasites on the coral but leave the coral doing well...now that I rethink it, I"ll just be patient.

Reefahholic · Nov 17, 2021

Idoc said:
To be safe, don't transfer anything from the infected tank to the new tank until after the fallow period. It's not worth the risk only to have a coral in the new tank a few weeks earlier.

Agreed. Fallow period for Velvet is 6 weeks. Not worth it. Just wait it out.