lets be controversial... what say you

[inletfish]

So ive been doing this for a long time... well 8 years.

i stopped quarentining fish because im not a fish guy, keep small tanks and hardy fish. how many people are in this for the coral?

to me fish are just kind of a byproduct of the environment. i usually have couple clowns and a goby or something.

i do however qt and dip all my coral but i never ever acclimate, except for an anemone. not fish, not coral, not snails, nothing. only to temp and in they go.

is this becoming common practice or is everybody still dripping everything?

are you into the fish coral or both?

do you qt every single thing or just one thing or nothing?

what do you do that somebody else would find unconventional?

pictures are nice too!

p.s. check out my build thread. nothing crazy and its due for an update. but yeah, peoples builds are my favorite. ill look at yours to

current jbj45

previous 150 tall
previous bio 15 previous bio 29 but this was its early days cant find better mature pic current

 

[BeelzebubsThrillStick]

I typically don't quarantine souls... er, I mean, fish.

 

[Han]

I drip everything and qt everything. I’m more of a fish guy, to me the corals are just expensive decorations. I’m not sure if I do anything unconventional other than my weird fish choices.

 

[CasaReefer]

I QT everything. I guess with a smaller tank if you have a problem ... Ummm Maybe no big deal...Try getting a sick fish out of a 240 gal tank .... Ummm not so easy... Small tank things go bad... Your lose is minimal..... Big Tank... Big Trouble... I will always QT everything that goes into my DT.... Just Me...

 

[ScottR]

So ive been doing this for a long time... well 8 years.

i stopped quarentining fish because im not a fish guy, keep small tanks and hardy fish. how many people are in this for the coral?

to me fish are just kind of a byproduct of the environment. i usually have couple clowns and a goby or something.

i do however qt and dip all my coral but i never ever acclimate, except for an anemone. not fish, not coral, not snails, nothing. only to temp and in they go.

is this becoming common practice or is everybody still dripping everything?

are you into the fish coral or both?

do you qt every single thing or just one thing or nothing?

what do you do that somebody else would find unconventional?

pictures are nice too!

p.s. check out my build thread. nothing crazy and its due for an update. but yeah, peoples builds are my favorite. ill look at yours to

I have never QT’d anything. Dip corals, yes. I too am in it for the corals. The fish are the workers for me.

 

[inletfish]

I drip everything and qt everything. I’m more of a fish guy, to me the corals are just expensive decorations. I’m not sure if I do anything unconventional other than my weird fish choices.

weird fish choices?

 

[inletfish]

I have never QT’d anything. Dip corals, yes. I too am in it for the corals. The fish are the workers for me.

i dip for sure, didnt put that in post... oops

 

[TvanB1]

Im more into the fish. I invested in a sizeable UV sterilizer and haven’t seen a spot of anything since.
I won’t think twice about spending a decent amount on a fish that I like, however I don’t think ive ever paid anything more than $100 on a single coral.

 

[Han]

weird fish choices?

Things with personality or a “danger factor “. Lionfish, eels, scorpionfish, or just unique/personable fish like puffers and jawfish. Interacting with my fish is my favorite part of this hobby.

 

[vetteguy53081]

For me- corals are the reef and the fish are the decor/ornaments of the tank

 

[inletfish]

I QT everything. I guess with a smaller tank if you have a problem ... Ummm Maybe no big deal...Try getting a sick fish out of a 240 gal tank .... Ummm not so easy... Small tank things go bad... Your lose is minimal..... Big Tank... Big Trouble... I will always QT everything that goes into my DT.... Just Me...

the second pic in the op is my old 150 tall, the dang vermited snails ruined that tank. it was just too much to deal with, thats why i qt coral.

for fish in that tank i had two pair of clowns, a starry blenny a flame hawk and a lyretail anthias.

 

[ca1ore]

Always considered myself a fish first reefer .... no fish, no point!

 

[inletfish]

For me- corals are the reef and the fish are the decor/ornaments of the tank

me too. im suprised at the ammount of fish people so far tbh

 

[inletfish]

Always considered myself a fish first reefer .... no fish, no point!

i could have zero fish, although i do enjoy a pair of clowns

 

[ca1ore]

Actually, if I couldn’t have fish, I’d probably have a zoanthids tank. Regal Angel makes that impossible currently.

 

[Daddy-o]

I have 50+ fish in my 200 gallon system. They are just little fertilizer dispensers for the corals. I have never dipped or Qt. and I have a couple reefs.
Cheers! Mark

 

[CasaReefer]

I have 50+ fish in my 200 gallon system. They are just little fertilizer dispensers for the corals. I have never dipped or Qt. and I have a couple reefs.
Cheers! Mark

The Force is Strong in this One......

 

[Wee Mad Arthur]

Soft Coral only here but then I do only have a 13.5 gallon tank. With all the rock and coral there isn’t much swimming space or water volume left. Even without all that I personally feel the tank would be too small for fish. I drip everything for 90 minutes as that’s what the place I buy from says to do, never actually questioned it.

 

[Daddy-o]

OOOps! Forgot one. This will be our NPS reef

 

[ProtoNate]

I have a quarantine set up, but that's only because I'm too lazy to tear-down the 14 gallon I have in my bathroom (it helps that it looks nice).

The irony of this topic, and I'm sure it's been said before, but whenever I have people over no one cares about the $500 of coral in the tank, every one's eyes are fixated and making kissey faces at the $30 clown-fish. I've learned to appreciate and adore the fish that inhabit my tank, but I can't help but get annoyed when no one cares about my sticks.