QT for inverts

[SifuMemphis]

For the people who QT their inverts, I was looking to purchase some snails from Reefcleaners, who is a very trusted guy. If you're buying snails and such, would you still QT them (in case for ich and tomont eggs etc)

Or would it be safe to just put them in my main DT?

 

[AbjectMaelstroM]

For the people who QT their inverts, I was looking to purchase some snails from Reefcleaners, who is a very trusted guy. If you're buying snails and such, would you still QT them (in case for ich and tomont eggs etc)

Or would it be safe to just put them in my main DT?

While reef cleaners doesn't have fish in their tank system (according to them) their speciments arent bred by them but rather plucked out of the ocean. So to answer your question, I am on my 3rd order from RC and it's currently in QT for 6 weeks just as the first two orders.

If you QT everything else that goes into your tank then you should QT the inverts, otherwise what's the point of QTing anything at all? At least that's my personal opinion.

 

[CK00020]

And how do you go about qt for the inverts

 

[SMSREEF]

Here is a thread with a lot of great info.

Coral/Invert Quarantine Time Frames

Coral/Invert Quarantine Time Frames Preface: The purpose of this article is to outline time periods required to properly quarantine (QT) marine corals & invertebrates. While unable to host ectoparasites the way fish do, corals/inverts are still able to “carry” fish diseases in one of two ways...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[CK00020]

Thanks I was just reading that

 

[Big G]

Lots of other things to look out for other than Ich, velvet. Planaria, flukes and other round worms for example. Things you just don't want in the DT.

 

[Jedi Knghit]

I have been QTing inverts for 76 days and I always seem to lose some of them. I am curious how many people QT for 45 days vs 76 days.

 

[CK00020]

Do you medicate with anything?

 

[Jedi Knghit]

In my invert QT? No

 

[CK00020]

What do you feed?

 

[AbjectMaelstroM]

My coral and invert QT I do 6 weeks, which covers everything other than one strain of ich that survived for 76 days in lab-setting.

Broadcast feed reef roids once a week, then reef frenzy twice a week for the hermits/snails.

I lose a few by the time 6 weeks rolls around but to me that's better than bringing something I don't want into the DT.

 

[naterealbig]

I have been QTing inverts for 76 days and I always seem to lose some of them. I am curious how many people QT for 45 days vs 76 days.

I always do 76 days. For any inverts.

 

[SMSREEF]

I asked John at reef cleaners about his inverts and quarantining. Here was his reply,

“ we do not have fish here. You can feed them Ulva in QT, that may be easiest. Scavengers and omnivores can be fed sinking pellet foods. Running the lights 24/7 and introducing silica sand from Home Depot will grow diatoms as well. They just find their way in somehow, you wouldn't have to do anything else but it takes two weeks.”