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Sweetpea
03-06-2006, 04:18 PM
I am wondering how many of you quarantine new corals before placing them in your display.

If you do, why and for how long?

If you don't, why?

If you do sometimes, which ones do you QT and why?
graphixx
03-06-2006, 05:02 PM
I dont quarantine but I will do a freshwater dip with some lugols iodine on all of them just incase!!!
jerryc
03-06-2006, 05:46 PM
I do sometimes just some sps don't wont red bugs.

I don't keep a tank set up for it all time i have a 10 gallon i just fill with change water from my tank and i use a 175 watt MH standard light left over
from work with a old lamp from my tank
dakar
03-06-2006, 09:02 PM
We don't, but we really should, with as many corals we've collected so far it would really suck to bring something bad into one of the tanks.
davejnz
03-06-2006, 09:30 PM
For LPS,I don't q-tine.For Acropora spp,I q-tine for red-bugs with Interceptor.For the Acropora FW's,i'm still experimenting with an effective treatment.
Sweetpea
03-06-2006, 11:05 PM
Thanks all for the input so far!

When I started learning about marine systems last year, I didn't see much about QTing corals. Recently, however, I am seeing more evidence of people doing it, and I was wondering how many of you guys do!
Reptoreef
03-07-2006, 12:19 AM
I should, I know, but I don't... too damn lazy. Besides that... I suggest it STRONGLY!!!
kui loach
03-08-2006, 09:24 AM
What are red bugs?
davejnz
03-08-2006, 11:47 PM
Red bugs are a parasitic copepod that are exclusive to Acropora sp. corals.
Fally
03-23-2006, 01:06 PM
I haven't yet... What does the freshwater dip with iodine do?

Great topic!
segraves1
03-23-2006, 01:21 PM
once I get a tank really going, I will probubly do quarantine but thus far all I'm doing is zoanthids, star pollups, macros, and shrooms......not really "dangerous" stuff ;)
davejnz
03-23-2006, 08:33 PM
I haven't yet... What does the freshwater dip with iodine do?

Great topic!
A freshwtaer dip is not needed or would i consider doing one for most of your corals.Iodine dips are not needed and are stressful too.The only time a coral should be dipped is if you are trying to kill a disease/parasite that is known.
i used a freshwater dip on a frogspawn coral that was covered in flatworms.The coral handled the dip well and no more flatworms.Iodine can be effective for brown jelly infections and some other "diseases" but i'd only use it if you are CERTAIN the coral has a "disease"