CIPS: What is your Coral Induction Protocol Score?

[lilkiwi930]

I have been donig this for 1.5 years now. After joining this site I realized I have missed a lot of steps when it came to adding new corals, live rocks, and even fish to my tanks. This site has helped me a lot and will be doing the right thing for now on. Sad that I lost some coral's plus dealing with some pest problems.

 

[hart24601]

I don’t temp or parameter match, only dip but then also scrub the coral after removing the plug, if sps, totally scrub even the flesh with a brush(gently), if lps scrub the skeleton, then glue or place on its spot. So I don’t fuss with acclimation but I do very much fuss for pests. I have treated dozens, if not hundred plus frags this way and have not lost a single one due to this method unless it was damaged by shipping. In winter if the water is quite cold I will temp match 1st.

Pests are a big deal and sooner or later if you get enough coral you will have to deal with them if you are not very careful and it really can be a pain if not the end of a system. I have had more issues with coral pests than fish illness by far.

 

[ReefLab]

1. Float bag for temp
2. Drip acclimate 15min
3. Dip bayer
4. Dip coral RX
5. Cut off/add new plugs
6. QT for 45 days
7. repeat 3-5 before adding to display
8. Acclimate to light for two weeks by slowing raising a magnetic frag rack.

100 points

* I will add that SPS don't do amazing in the QT tank and I have had a few die... I might skip QT if I get a freshly cut frag from someone I trust... or maybe I should beef up my QT.

 

[bigcheese]

105, but more accurately 115 for LPS and 95 for SPS. Can't cut the rock off of most LPS, so they go in quarantine.

To be fair, though... I took my 'rona shutdown time buying mostly-dead $5 and $10 frags / heads / colonies and trying to nurse them back to health. It was a worthwhile exercise... got some really nice pieces coming along.

 

[Doctorgori]

40pts. inspect, remove from plug, glue frag to small rock, acclimate, disinfect/dip ...place in tank

 

[van7271]

30

 

[H3rm1tCr@b]

I got around 20. I don’t quarantine, it’s too much work. The corals that I buy usually have been in the tank at the store for a while so I just look to see if there are any weird parts and such. If I feel like it, I temp acclimate. I drip acclimate always, sometimes put them on the substrate depending on the coral.

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

I scored a 0!

I have no room to add new coral.... I need a bigger tank.

No wonder there's no corals to buy at this time, somebody has them

 

[blstravler]

70 - though depending on how encrusted the frag is I won’t take it off.

 

[CollectOyster04]

I like the Reef Builders way to acclimating coral. I laugh every time I watch or think about Jake's video(an oldie, but goodie).

 

[MabuyaQ]

Score a 100% on all of these and I always inform the person/business I got the coral(s) from if I find something we can all live without in our reeftanks.

 

[Nick Steele]

I scored a 30 and mostly a 50.

Some times I’m not able to get the frag off of the plug so it stays but usually I try and get it off.

Only temp acclimate, dip, visual inspect, and usually take off of frag plug.

 

[csb123]

50. I don’t have the time to maintain a separate reef system, let alone the room.

 

[stoneroller]

60. Add another criteria for not adding new coral to tank - 100 pts!

 

[Buckster]

80. I generally have the time to make sure I reduce the possibility of unwanted hitchhikers. I just haven't placed the coral in the QT as I use that for fish.

 

[Bleigh]

Apparently I’m more careful than I think. I scored a 40. If love to qt everything, but I don’t have the space or time.

 

[Calm Blue Ocean]

I scored higher than I would have expected on this, being a beginner in the coral world. I haven't quarantined in the past and haven't removed them from plugs. Maybe partial points for breaking off as much of the plug as possible? Had a toadstool with aiptasia, bubble algae, a feather duster, and a peanut worm on the rock it was encrusted to. Kept the feather duster and peanut worm parts. Still got aiptasia in the tank, so minus a few points.

 

[Doh Boy]

60 points! I do not quarantine or place on sand bed. I usually put the new coral in similar lighted area like the LFS had it.

 

[Flame2hawk]

Should there be concern about transferring ich or parasites into the tank when putting something wet into the tank? If so, how do you square tine corals when you cant treat with meds to get rid of potential parasites. Is dip enough to avoid parasite transfer?

 

[PicassoClown04]

I got somewhere between a 2.5 and a 5! I float the bags for whatever time I deem necessary. If it’s just coral they could be floating for like an hour if I forget.. usually about 2-3 minutes cause that’s how long it takes to feed the fish. Wouldn’t really call that temp acclimating so my score goes down. Tank transfers are even worse, I just put em all in a bowl (no water or anything just plunk em in there) and carry them like a laundry basket to wherever they need to be then pop em straight into their final destination. No light acclimation, frag rack, sand bed or anything just bam- corals in the rock