coral QT

[brad shawn]

in doing my research I’m halfway deciding on starting with zoanthids. Have a reefer 250 display tank and 2 QT tanks one for fish one for corals. Nothing is setup or cycled as of yet. I was curious as to Adding a fish to the coral Qt tank which will one day become a frag tank I would imagine. It’s a 20 gallon innovative Marine I believe the footprint is Around 24” x 13 x not sure of the height off hand could be 13” as well. So my question is on adding a fish once cycled to keep the cycle going while it’s empty. Any recommendations ?

 

[bluprntguy]

I wouldn't add fish to a frag quaratine tank. Once it's cycled the bacteria is unlikely to die off completely. You can keep a few snails in there if you want to help maintain the bioload and you'll probably want them in there anyway so that algae doesn't get out of control.

 

[brad shawn]

I wouldn't add fish to a frag quaratine tank. Once it's cycled the bacteria is unlikely to die off completely. You can keep a few snails in there if you want to help maintain the bioload and you'll probably want them in there anyway so that algae doesn't get out of control.

Thank you. Only because I’ve heard people adding a wrasse to eat pests and such.

 

[bluprntguy]

Thank you. Only because I’ve heard people adding a wrasse to eat pests and such.

If you are quarantining fish and corals before they go into your display, you'll want to keep you coral quarantine tank free from fish in order to allow "fallow" time for any possible diseases to die off from frags. See this post for more information: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/coral-invert-quarantine-time-frames.334584/

As for pests, I'd prefer to see pests like aiptasia, bugs, flatworms, etc so that I can eradicate them while the coral is in the quarantine. Adding fish like wrasses or other control measures like peppermint shrimp to a frag tank will control the pests so they aren't visible in quarantine. When you add the coral into your display tank, the pests will likely transfer in as well and then explode in numbers in your display tank. It's better to know about the pest in quarantine and take care of it in quarantine before it gets to your display. I dip corals before they go to quarantine and dip them again as I move them to my display.

 

[brad shawn]

If you are quarantining fish and corals before they go into your display, you'll want to keep you coral quarantine tank free from fish in order to allow "fallow" time for any possible diseases to die off from frags. See this post for more information: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/coral-invert-quarantine-time-frames.334584/

As for pests, I'd prefer to see pests like aiptasia, bugs, flatworms, etc so that I can eradicate them while the coral is in the quarantine. Adding fish like wrasses or other control measures like peppermint shrimp to a frag tank will control the pests so they aren't visible in quarantine. When you add the coral into your display tank, the pests will likely transfer in as well and then explode in numbers in your display tank. It's better to know about the pest in quarantine and take care of it in quarantine before it gets to your display. I dip corals before they go to quarantine and dip them again as I move them to my display.

That makes allot of sense... adding fish I guess would defeat the purpose of 2 QT tanks lol. Thanks for the input !