noob chronicles...... what would you do next

[kien]

My question would be: what is your ultimate goal with the quarantine tank?

[kamloops_reefer]

arrow crab took care of every bristle worm I had, but then no one wanted him after and he likely caused some fatalities in the tank.

Bristle worms are good, but I prefer not to run the risk of getting stung by one

[SaltyDog143]

Thanks for the replies guys...

My ultimate goal for my quarantine tank....to hold the anenome and fish until its good/safe to move over to the display tank, nothing more. Just needed somewhere to put them while I was trying to get the tank and rocks setup.

As for bristle worms, I know I am not going to kill them all, just trying to reduce the numbers, when I turned one rock over it was almost orange there were so many.

So when would you guys move the stuff from quarantine to the display? should I wait maybe a week to see what happens? or should I be ok to do it now?

Thanks
Randy

[kien]

If the live rock came straight out of the other dude's tank then chances are that it has already been cycled. The big thing to watch for is a cycle (ammonia and nitrite) in your display tank. I'm going to venture a guess that you won't see much of one as the rock you're using probably has enough nitrifying bacteria. However, having said that, since your tank appears to be quite new (like less than a week?) I would hold off on putting anything in the display tank for a few more days. Test Nitrite and Ammonia again in a few days to see if there is any rise in either. You probably won't, but the rock did travel 3 hours so there is a chance that there was some die off that may cause a mini-cycle (slight elevation in Ammonia and nitrite).

[ponokareefer]

I would make sure all the Majona's are gone for at least a month in the quarantine tank before putting it into the display. You will never get rid of them once they are in the display and will be a constant headache. You may need to kill everything on the rock to make sure they are fully gone. I'm afraid you are probably stuck with dead rock.

[CM125]

Originally Posted by SaltyDog143

Thanks for the replies guys...

My ultimate goal for my quarantine tank....to hold the anenome and fish until its good/safe to move over to the display tank, nothing more. Just needed somewhere to put them while I was trying to get the tank and rocks setup.

As for bristle worms, I know I am not going to kill them all, just trying to reduce the numbers, when I turned one rock over it was almost orange there were so many.

So when would you guys move the stuff from quarantine to the display? should I wait maybe a week to see what happens? or should I be ok to do it now?

Thanks
Randy

There are lots of fish that will keep bristle worm numbers under control, I would go this route. Don't move everything over until your parameters are good, there is really no set time

Originally Posted by ponokareefer

I would make sure all the Majona's are gone for at least a month in the quarantine tank before putting it into the display. You will never get rid of them once they are in the display and will be a constant headache. You may need to kill everything on the rock to make sure they are fully gone. I'm afraid you are probably stuck with dead rock.

That might be a little excessive, there are lots of ways to kill these without having to fully kill and recycle

[Borderjumper]

Never heard of a cold dip. IMO this will only kill off the benificial stuff.. The nastys will survive.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by ponokareefer

I would make sure all the Majona's are gone for at least a month in the quarantine tank before putting it into the display. You will never get rid of them once they are in the display and will be a constant headache.

My thoughts too. The cold dip won't harm the Majano Anemones.

[kien]

bristle worms are OK, but if you really really want to get rid of them, I've noticed that Coral Rx Pro does a great job of nuking them :-)

It sounded to me like you had already taken the live rock out of the QT tank and put them into the display tank?