Quarantining Corals vs Fish?

[RaymondL]

I have a secondary tank set up - it's a smaller one than my display tank, so I"m using this more of a quarantine/holding tank.

My LFS says that it's not necessary to quarantine corals and it's more for fish that I need to be careful about and have quarantine. If I dip the coral for 15 mins or so, is it enough to put directly in the display tank, or should I put into the second tank and observe for a couple of weeks?

Thanks

 

[esquare]

I started writing up a long explanation but I just don't know enough to do so and be confident it will be correct. Suffice it to say that I qt corals for 45 days after dipping to help keep fish disease out of my tank. I went through a bad disease die off and don't want to take any more chances.

 

[esquare]

I'm sure someone that knows more will post explaining the disease life cycles and how long you need to keep coral/inverts in a fishless environment to help keep diseases out

 

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Brs has some good videos on it. But each to their own but for sps u can introduce pest like acro eating flatworms where maybe if u qt that could have been prevented. But also I belive ick can live on corals in a way so u buy a coral that’s in a tank with ick can be transferred

 

[RaymondL]

Thanks everyone. So if Ich parasite is on the coral, and there's no fish in the tank, would the Ich die because it doesn't have a host?

 

[esquare]

Thanks everyone. So if Ich parasite is on the coral, and there's no fish in the tank, would the Ich die because it doesn't have

This is a chart from Humblefish

 

[esquare]

I believe the Tomonts sp? which is a life stage of ich can attach to coral and inverts but the free swimmers can't. If qt'ed in a fishless environment for a period of time (I use 45 days) the Tomonts will die off without a fish to host on.

 

[esquare]

Here is the coral dip guide and Here is an Ich Management sticky by Jay Hemdal (one of the guys on here to listen to)

 

[fishywishy]

Thanks everyone. So if Ich parasite is on the coral, and there's no fish in the tank, would the Ich die because it doesn't have a host?

Yes

 

[Neocold]

This is a chart from Humblefish

Follow this chart and use a temperature at 27C / 80.6F or higher. If the temperature is lower the time frames on the chart increase.