Coral Quarantine tips?

[epsteino]

Hi, looking for a good read or video on starting up a coral quarantine tank. Something which will help me beyond just "setting it up". really how to get it from having water in it to actually being able to add corals.

Oren

 

[rastareefs]

Hi, Fish of Hex did a great build on frag tanks on YouTube.

 

[cmoore806]

I’m also interested in this topic. The more I think about quarantining corals and inverts the more I think I will need a dozen tanks all over the house and it just seems like so much more work and money.

 

[AbjectMaelstroM]

Humblefish has a good writeup:

Coral/Invert Quarantine Time Frames

Coral/Invert Quarantine Time Frames Preface: The purpose of this article is to outline time periods required to properly quarantine (QT) marine corals & invertebrates. While unable to host ectoparasites the way fish do, corals/inverts are still able to “carry” fish diseases in one of two ways...

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humble.fish

You'll likely have a response in a few minutes. I followed his method by setting a 10g cheap Petco tank with an AquaClear HOB, a heater, and a small powerhead. Used a Kessil 160 blue (overkill) for lighting. Seeded the tank with rock from my sump. If you don't have CUC in there you may want to broadcast feed something like reef chili or reef roids, waterchages should take care of everything else.

Here is mine: