Question about Coral Quarantine Systems

[Charlie the Reefer]

Hello everyone,

Something that we've heard time and time again, is before adding coral your tank needs to be established. I've seen many people recommend 9+ months of a coral less tank just to make sure things "stabilize".

I'm confused as to how I can reconcile that principle with setting up a coral quarantine system. I just want to set up a simple 20 gallon with frag racks - do I need to wait until that quarantine system gets "established"? Or can I just throw on a hob filter and rely on water changes... I've heard adding too much bio filter (rocks/sand) to quarantines can be a bad idea (which makes sense to me, more locations/real estate for bad stuff to colonize).

So, can I just set up a 20G coral quarantine in one day, and throw coral in there? If that is the case, why are we waiting so long for our tanks to cycle, for coral.

Thanks everyone!

Charlie

 

[Fishology]

Honestly you don’t need a quarantine system for coral you can use a code real dip for them. But if you do want a quarantine system u you can use some like rock form you tank to help start the system faster

 

[Charlie the Reefer]

Honestly you don’t need a quarantine system for coral you can use a code real dip for them. But if you do want a quarantine system u you can use some like rock form you tank to help start the system faster

Thanks - appreciate the insight.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Best way to do it is with lots of established media from the dt. It won’t be perfect for a while but it will do. Just pass on the really sensitive corals for a bit.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

To me,a coral qt should be in line with your normal tank. Using rock or media from the tank helps get this going. A coral qt should not be sterile. Lots of pods is a good thing.

 

[Spare time]

Honestly you don’t need a quarantine system for coral you can use a code real dip for them. But if you do want a quarantine system u you can use some like rock form you tank to help start the system faster

Coral dip does not kill eggs, aiptasia, vermatids, bubble algae, bryopsis, etc.

 

[Spare time]

The way I have done it is just add cycling bacteria or something like microbacter7 (plus biomedia in a hob filter) and just feed something like reef energy or fuel. I don't believe corals need an established system. They just need someone who knows what they are doing. Plus, corals themselves act like live rock in many cases.

 

[KStatefan]

I struggled with mine to keep nutrient levels up. When I try again I am going to setup my auto waterchange system to run thru the coral QT tank. So my 10% a week on the display tank will be 58% per week on the coral QT tank.

 

[Charlie the Reefer]

I struggled with mine to keep nutrient levels up. When I try again I am going to setup my auto waterchange system to run thru the coral QT tank. So my 10% a week on the display tank will be 58% per week on the coral QT tank.

This is smart!

 

[KStatefan]

This is smart!

Was not my idea was recommended by someone else.