Quarantine Chaeto Algae?

dnyceli · Dec 17, 2015

Got a ball from LFS and later that night during lights out seen spiders all in the inside of the glass

dnyceli · Dec 17, 2015

But looking for a reliable place to order some at this yome

Humblefish · Dec 17, 2015

Unfortunately, parasite tomonts are probably able to encyst upon marine plants so I would isolate chaeto in a fishless environment the same as a coral/invert.

tankstudy · Dec 17, 2015

Yeh I was planning to QT some. I was going to dip in Coral RX if possible and move it in to salifert-treatment for about 7 days. I hate flat worms!

Shep · Dec 17, 2015

tankstudy said:
Did you get rid of it because it eventually died or just didn't go with the macro route?

Thanks for the reply!

Got a new tank and am trying an algae turf scrubber instead.

FishRForMe · Dec 22, 2015

I'd like to know as well....

RMS18 · Dec 29, 2015

Jeez, just got my jbj light yesterday and was planning on getting chaeto tomorrow from the lfs...

Seems like you can fw dip it, found a few threads on other forums that people say they do it all the time. It will kill pods but who cares you can always add more. Read some horror stories on hitchikers.

Humblefish · Dec 29, 2015

Bmwm235i said:
Jeez, just got my jbj light yesterday and was planning on getting chaeto tomorrow from the lfs... So do we know if it can be dipped in coralrx?

Interesting question, I honestly don't know the answer. But I suspect dipping chaeto in a coral dip would kill off all the pods and whatever other beneficial critters that hitchhiked on. Of course, it would also kill the bad ones.

I would be a little bit concerned about a plant absorbing a little bit of the coral dip; rinse it thoroughly with clean SW afterwards if you decide to try this.