Accidental chaeto qt?

[RobberyinCSharp1824]

I picked up some chaeto from my LFS last week. Stupid me, I bagged it in a ziplock and submerged it to temp acclimate, but I forgot to actually put it in the tank (my schedule/life has been chaotic lately).

I'm trying to figure out if this counts as the 7day qt period, or if I have to actually remove the original water it came in for the clock to start ticking?

 

[Jeffcb]

I don't QT anything!

Set it free!

 

[RobberyinCSharp1824]

I don't QT anything!

Set it free!

Haha, I did that with this tank originally. Plopped a pair of DaVinci clowns in my tank with corals that weren't qt'ed and ended up with ich! I'm being careful from now on lol

 

[Viva'sReef]

I picked up some chaeto from my LFS last week. Stupid me, I bagged it in a ziplock and submerged it to temp acclimate, but I forgot to actually put it in the tank (my schedule/life has been chaotic lately).

I'm trying to figure out if this counts as the 7day qt period, or if I have to actually remove the original water it came in for the clock to start ticking?

is it even still alive after leaving it in a sealed ziplock for a week? I'd give it a good rinse in a bucket of Ro/Di. Beat the hell out of it in there to remove anything trapped inside the chaeto ball. Then add it. that's if it's still alive

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I picked up some chaeto from my LFS last week. Stupid me, I bagged it in a ziplock and submerged it to temp acclimate, but I forgot to actually put it in the tank (my schedule/life has been chaotic lately).

I'm trying to figure out if this counts as the 7day qt period, or if I have to actually remove the original water it came in for the clock to start ticking?

I was really dismayed this past weekend - went to two "decent" LFS in my area, the first time in over a year. wanted to buy some shrimp and CUC. I got nothing - both stores had fish mixed in with their coral and inverts and in every system, I could identify active disease! My understanding is that you can buy Chaeto cultures online that have been grown in fishless systems...

There is no such thing as an effective 7 day plant/invert quarantine - either rinse the subject off really well with fresh mixed seawater and hope of the best or hold it in a fishless system for 45 days. The big issue is Neobenedenia fluke eggs - they have sticky tendrils, and grab onto everything. Just one eggs can start an active disease in your fish if moved over with an invert or plant.

Jay

 

[RobberyinCSharp1824]

is it even still alive after leaving it in a sealed ziplock for a week? I'd give it a good rinse in a bucket of Ro/Di. Beat the hell out of it in there to remove anything trapped inside the chaeto ball. Then add it. that's if it's still alive

Shockingly, yes!

I was really dismayed this past weekend - went to two "decent" LFS in my area, the first time in over a year. wanted to buy some shrimp and CUC. I got nothing - both stores had fish mixed in with their coral and inverts and in every system, I could identify active disease! My understanding is that you can buy Chaeto cultures online that have been grown in fishless systems...

There is no such thing as an effective 7 day plant/invert quarantine - either rinse the subject off really well with fresh mixed seawater and hope of the best or hold it in a fishless system for 45 days. The big issue is Neobenedenia fluke eggs - they have sticky tendrils, and grab onto everything. Just one eggs can start an active disease in your fish if moved over with an invert or plant.

Jay

I would be performing a 16 day qt, as recommended by Humblefish and his coral / invert protocol

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Shockingly, yes!

I would be performing a 16 day qt, as recommended by Humblefish and his coral / invert protocol

However, as I said, that is not long enough for Neobenedenia eggs. 45 days is required for that. Neo is a huge issue for some fish, and 16 days is too short of a period of time. If the eggs weren’t sticky it might be less of an issue, but they glom on to everything.
Jay

 

[RobberyinCSharp1824]

However, as I said, that is not long enough for Neobenedenia eggs. 45 days is required for that. Neo is a huge issue for some fish, and 16 days is too short of a period of time. If the eggs weren’t sticky it might be less of an issue, but they glom on to everything.
Jay

Yikes! Thank you for the heads up!