Quarantine

[GrimReefer]

Do you quarantine? Fish? Corals? Both? Ever wish you had quarantined when you hadn't? What is your quarantine setup like?

I myself do not quarantine anything. Mostly due to space and impatience. But I haven't heard any nasty stories to encourage me to do so...only statements saying I should.

[andsoitgoes]

I had one for FW, but I've been very... um... lazy to do one for my reef tanks, I try to add stuff rarely, but I'm worried one day it will bite me in the butt...

[marie]

I quarantine all new fish, I should with all corals too especially with all the nasty pests out there



My achilles tang would of been just another statistic if I didn't have him in quarantine and he would of probably killed all my other fish too ( he had marine velvet)

[mark]

Normally QT fish with a little 10g with a Aqua-clear and heater unless I was confident pest free (like a promise from another reefer) but more than fish can cause problems so I found. Got a little acro frag that ended up spreading bugs though-out tank, added some rock and got aptasia (no QT).

[Marinegeek101]

I started to quarantine a while ago in a 10 gallon. Due to aiptasia on rocks and a unwanted hitchiker. I have only quarantined fish and Im thinking of QT my new corals as well but I get to lazy or impatient

[GrimReefer]

Originally Posted by mark

Normally QT fish with a little 10g with a Aqua-clear and heater unless I was confident pest free (like a promise from another reefer) but more than fish can cause problems so I found. Got a little acro frag that ended up spreading bugs though-out tank, added some rock and got aptasia (no QT).

what happened with the bugs? i'm not worried about aiptasia. it's treatable, and it might not show up for months.

[mark]

Originally Posted by TheGrimReefer

what happened with the bugs? i'm not worried about aiptasia. it's treatable, and it might not show up for months.

Lots of things are treatable but can be a royal pain, probably just easier to keep out the bad guys in the first place.

As for the bugs, whole tank treatment with Interceptor(x3), they're gone but by the time I figured out what was going on and got with the cure, the acros started to bleach and brown out. Colours still not coming back.

[marie]

at least the red bugs are treatable, the montipora nudibranches are what scare me

[Salinity Now]

Everything that I buy goes into quarantine for a minimum of 6 weeks. Corals get a iodine dip and also a freshwater dip. Is it a pain? You bet it is. But, I havn't had any kind of disease or parasite infect either my fish or my coral yet, nor do I intend to. Man, with all the money I've spent on fish and coral, why wouldn't you want to quarantine? The cost of a quarantine setup is cheap compared to the cost of losing livestock and most importantly getting frustrated at a hobby that should be relaxing. So start a quarantine tank you'll thank yourself latter.


Well, did you set it up yet?
Come on, drop those cheetos, get off the computer and set one up.

[GrimReefer]

nope i haven't set it up yet. i need to hear a few horror stories first. the theoretical damages of not quarantining don't mean much to me, no offense. i need to know the real possibilities of contracting something horrible before i clutter my apartment even more, and stress my corals even more.