Qt for infested corals

dagrinch65 · Nov 6, 2015

Hello all fellow reefers, I have a lot of zoas/polyps and have had this issue with nutibrichs eating my corals. That said, I have a 10 gal tank that id like to turn into a qt tank to get ride of these pest. I haven't done this before and wanted to ask what chemicals or additives I should use and the duration of time that I should keep the corals in QT. I was planning on using flatworm exit as I've seen some decent results but wanted to ask for any other advise when having corals in QT.

Thank you

Squishie89 · Nov 6, 2015

This is my coral QT- https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/squishies-coral-quarantine-tank.216010/
Is your plan to set up the CQT, put your zoas/polyps in there, let your display sit without zoas/polyps so any remaining nudis die off, and try and treat your zoas/palys for nudis while in the CQT? I have not dealt with zoa eating nudis, so this may end up sounding silly, but I would not put too much-any rock in the CQT because they may hide in there and lay more eggs. I would work with a dip that kills nudis (I know they don't kill the eggs) and just keep a close eye on the corals. You will need at least: a tank, heater, powerhead, decent light (especially if they are coveted corals). You may want to also do a HOB filter for filtration, I don't think you need a skimmer.

dagrinch65 · Nov 6, 2015

I'm just planning on playing the corals that have the parasites. Some are attached to some decent sized rocks so I can't avoid that part but will monitor the corals once I put them in my 10gal tank. Just wondering if anyone has ideas on meds I can put in the take to kill these suckers off?

Squishie89 · Nov 7, 2015

I suggest you use Bayer Advanced http://www.cherrycorals.com/news/coraldips/ https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/bayer-dip-which-kind-and-how-much.201633/ . It is cheap so you can make a big batch to dip even the rocks. This should at least stun the nudis, if not kill them, and you can rinse/blow them off the rocks/corals. You will have to either scrape the eggs off or wait for them to hatch and then kill them AFAIK.

dagrinch65 · Nov 10, 2015

I moved my corals finally and noticed that a good amount of them have green hair algae on them. That said, will a hydrogen peroxide dip get rid of this? If yes, can someone give me some direction regarding this process? If that's not a good idea any assistance to get rid of the algae is appreciated:

Squishie89 · Nov 10, 2015

dagrinch65 said:
I moved my corals finally and noticed that a good amount of them have green hair algae on them. That said, will a hydrogen peroxide dip get rid of this? If yes, can someone give me some direction regarding this process? If that's not a good idea any assistance to get rid of the algae is appreciated:

I have no experience with using H2O2. I added snails and hermits to my CQT and they have been hard at work. I just scrubbed a favia that had a ton of algae on it, hopefully the CUC will get to work on it now that the algae is shorter. What I did is I get a small cup of water, get the coral, scrub the coral with a wet toothbrush, shake/dip the coral in your cup of water so it stays wet and also to keep the algae outside off your tank, rinse in cup or new cup of water and put back.