Full QT for corals and inverts?

[Congaken]

I do dip my corals...but the inverts are just dripped slowly and water changed...obviously, organisms can get in my DT that way...Does anybody actually do a full QT for corals and inverts?...If so, what are we looking for in the way of when they're ready to be put in DT?

 

[zoomonster]

Inverts no other than just getting rinsed before going in tank. As far as corals that's a little more tricky and requires a lot of extra gear to be able to do a full quarantine for the months necessary to ensure no AEFW eggs.

For frags I generally just dip and inspect for AEFW eggs. A little more security when coming from a reliable known source. Wild colonies and maricultures are a different story. Chances of eggs are high and both should really be quarantined. Myself I don't have the facilities for that so I generally avoid fresh wild colonies. For maricultures they get the same treatment as frags and it is always a good idea to remove the coral from it's base and toss the base. Not a perfect method but so far so good.

 

[Congaken]

Inverts no other than just getting rinsed before going in tank. As far as corals that's a little more tricky and requires a lot of extra gear to be able to do a full quarantine for the months necessary to ensure no AEFW eggs.

For frags I generally just dip and inspect for AEFW eggs. A little more security when coming from a reliable known source. Wild colonies and maricultures are a different story. Chances of eggs are high and both should really be quarantined. Myself I don't have the facilities for that so I generally avoid fresh wild colonies. For maricultures they get the same treatment as frags and it is always a good idea to remove the coral from it's base and toss the base. Not a perfect method but so far so good.

Always new initials... what is AEFW?...and why do you remove the base?...do you think eggs or whatever gets between the coral and the base?

 

[sde1500]

Acropora Eating Flat Worms.

Personally I don't QT corals or inverts. Snails/shrimp get floated and the plopped in. Corals floated, maybe dipped, and in they go. Though to be fair I don't do SPS corals which are the ones that seem to be most often quarantined.

 

[zoomonster]

Always new initials... what is AEFW?...and why do you remove the base?...do you think eggs or whatever gets between the coral and the base?

Me personally I don't always remove the base but the advice from a meticulous and trusted LFS is to do so (and they always do for things they are keeping as colony or to frag). Also seen that same advise echoed elsewhere. Problem is that base could be loaded with eggs that neither dipping with products like coral Rx or commonly used insecticides will kill. In quarantine there would be time for those eggs to hatch (or whatever else was on there) and the resulting worms could be killed.

And yes LPS not so much a problem IME. Prior to keeping SPS I don't think I ever dipped a coral except sometimes products for killing regular brown flatworms which are just unsightly. Even at that mostly just zoanthids (in iodine and Furan-2) and ricordia or mushroom rocks for flat worms. A lot of LPS is intolerant of many dipping products and I usually don't chance it.