Fallow period - coral and inverts

[Hilltopreef90]

Is there anything special I need to do for my corals and inverts during the fallow period as far as food/additives ?

 

[mrlavalamp]

I would feed a small amount of pellets for the inverts, maybe a little bit of coral food depending on what nutrients in the tank are like.

 

[ying yang]

Test nitrates and phosphates and dont let it get to 0.
If after testing it's getting lower then feed tank like you would if had fish in there but feed s little less.
Keep lights on as normal if corals doing ok.
Make sure cuc got algae on rocks or supply them with food ( when .
Don't add fish until fallow peri.
Then you need make a choice if ever buy any more cuc or even fish ,will you qt everything or not qt and run risk of re- infection ?

 

[Hilltopreef90]

I plan to always quarantine in the future
Should I continue to run chaeto in my refugium or will there not be enough nutrients?

 

[ying yang]

I plan to always quarantine in the future
Should I continue to run chaeto in my refugium or will there not be enough nutrients?

I'm unsure of this answer but I'm guessing the answer will lie in your tests

 

[mrlavalamp]

I'm unsure of this answer but I'm guessing the answer will lie in your tests

Yes.

test and see what nutrients are like.

If your tank is like mine (running 50+ppm nitrate and and .5ppm phos) it might take a while for those to run out and need supplmenting.