LFS fragging bandsaw concern

[Steve1500]

For a small fee, my LFS will cut overgrown corals into smaller frags on their fragging bandsaw. Not knowing if they clean the saw, what has been cut on it etc, I am concerned that parasites/critters could be transferred from the saw to my corals. Is this possible or has anybody had their LFS do this? Any thing else I should be concerned about?

Thanks,
STeve

 

[Ranjib]

should not be too risky. Always dip your corals in revive or something similar after fragging, and you should be safe,.

 

[shred5]

Is it a wet saw? do they use ro/di water or saltwater in it if it is a wet saw? If ro/di it should not be possible. If they use saltwater from their tank it might be possible but I would think unlikely.

 

[Steve1500]

I will have to ask on the water they use.

My biggest concern is the transfer of Ich parasites. I know they can attach to a variety of surfaces and be transferrable if not dried out in 24 hrs.

 

[Smo]

Would have to be contaminated seawater or fragments on the wet saw that could be mitigated by thoroughly rinsing your corals afterwards and discarding that water. The other concern would be potential aerosol contamination if your exposed corals came within 10’ of an infected tank. Albeit, this is remote too.
Having gone thru a worst case scenario in my DT where I had to treat surviving fish in a QT and allow the DT to fallow for 76 days—I now have a permanent coral/invert QT. Anything wet gets quarantined.

 

[Big G]

Mix up some fresh saltwater to make - Bayer dip. Rinse, rinse; Coral RX dip. Rinse, rinse. And then QT them for 76 days.