First time ordering coral

demantoid · Feb 26, 2015

I just placed my first order for coral (mushrooms) over the internet. My tank is a few months old and doing well, and I would like to keep it that way. I've been reading about pests that can be introduced into the tank when adding coral and am wondering what I need to do when the corals arrive. I do not have a quarantine tank. Any advice? Should I be worried?

AquaFX · Feb 26, 2015

It is always recommended to dip your corals....

There are many different dips available that are available. There are even some people that use Bayer....

hart24601 · Feb 26, 2015

Bayer is my favorite! Although I don't always dip from online vendors, but I do from my LFS or my local clubs frag trades. If you are really worried you can qt them for aptasia for a couple of weeks, no harm in it, but I have never done that.

AquaFX · Feb 26, 2015

In my personal tanks at home, I use the Bayer dip. I also quarantine for 30 days, now. When I had just started in the hobby, we started out by not dipping. Slowly we began dipping with various Coral dips. We recently gave Bayer a try and it works great.

~Misty