Quarantine questions

Gill11 · Jun 28, 2020

HI,
I am starting up a 40g AIO tank, and for that I am starting up a coral QT tank in a 10g tank I had lying around in the garage from my freshwater days. Also have a 14 g tank and I was going to use that as a fish QT tank. I was going to use florida live rock for my DT.
I have a few questions about this .

1. Is it okay to quarantine all the live rock I get in the DT for 75-80 days so that any tomonts anywhere in it etc are all dead or should I assume that if all the live rock is fresh harvested from the companies ocean farm (not their tanks) that it wont have any signifcant marine ich/velvet etc
2. During this time what do I do to ensure that the bacteria and the coralline algae etc on the live rock stay alive and dont die off or bleach off without there being fish to produce waste to keep sustaining them
3. I will buy my initial coral selection and place in an already cycled coral quarantine tank for 75-80 days as well to kill anything on them and will then transfer to DT on day 80
4. First phase of 1-2 fish will be placed in the fish quarantine tank on day 35 and then kept in copper for 45 days and dosed with all the meds etc before being transferred to DT

This is my general plan but would appreciate more suggestions and more places I can get more info etc

thanks

Gill

ichthyogeek · Jun 28, 2020

1. That's fine, I encourage it. Assuming it is diseased is a great way to make sure that your fish don't get diseases later on from the live rock.
2. Add ammonia, or a small amount of fish food to feed the bacteria if you aren't noticing any rising in the nitrogen cycle. If there's coralline algae on it that's visible, feel free to keep the lights on, but I'd keep the lights off to prevent the growth of nuisance algae.
3. Kudos to you for also quarantining your corals! Make sure that they're getting nutrients somehow, like with feeding.
4. What are "all the meds"? Let's get specific with which diseases/parasites you're trying to prevent.

What's your stocking list looking like right now? Fish wise? Inverts?

Gill11 · Jun 29, 2020

ichthyogeek said:
1. That's fine, I encourage it. Assuming it is diseased is a great way to make sure that your fish don't get diseases later on from the live rock.
2. Add ammonia, or a small amount of fish food to feed the bacteria if you aren't noticing any rising in the nitrogen cycle. If there's coralline algae on it that's visible, feel free to keep the lights on, but I'd keep the lights off to prevent the growth of nuisance algae.
3. Kudos to you for also quarantining your corals! Make sure that they're getting nutrients somehow, like with feeding.
4. What are "all the meds"? Let's get specific with which diseases/parasites you're trying to prevent.

What's your stocking list looking like right now? Fish wise? Inverts?

"all the meds" Im still researching parasites /flukes etc , would also love any and all suggestions from the community as to which meds to use during the quarantine. praziquantel was one i read about for example