Do you avoid cross contamination of your tanks?

[partlycloudy531]

For those of you that have more than one tank, how much effort do you put into avoiding cross contamination? Do you have separate tools and equipment for each tank or do you just treat them like they are one system? What about if you move coral from one tank to another, do you dip them? Do you QT fish before moving them? I was feeding frozen mysis tonight and thawed it out with water from one tank but poured it into both of my tanks. Just curious what most people do.

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

I don’t have separate tools or anything. Main thing I try to do is keep vermitids snails out of my smaller biocube. It’s my “hospital” tank and it’s in my home office. It only gets the corals that I 100% can’t stand to lose.

 

[phatduckk]

I have separate everything for each tank (3 systems). It’s a huge hassle but I figure it’s better safe than sorry

 

[Calm Blue Ocean]

I try my best to not cross contaminate. Not to say I haven't ever. I did have a couple coral frags that were getting eaten by my peppermint shrimp that got emergency moved directly to my nano. But in general, the rare time a tool does go between systems I at least try to rinse it in RO water and wipe it dry first. Mostly I have separate tools though.

 

[ikanspelwel]

I have one sump in my basement for all my tanks, so they are all one big system. The expense that this setup saves for only having to dose/check prams on a "single" system is huge for me, also allows for only needing one apex/skimmer/filter/auto water change/ato system for them all, a lot less gear and expense in the end.

 

[Freenow54]

I go to EXTREME lengths to avoid cross contamination. I wash my hands after every task I perform between tanks. Wash all tolls ect, wash hands between feeding different tanks. Separate tools. Wash everything after use.