Should I freshwater dip my Chaetomorpha?

Kfig7 · 03/21/2010, 11:47 AM

Do people typically do this or should I just throw it in my fuge?

cmac23 · 03/21/2010, 12:12 PM

just throw in the fuge

Luckless · 03/21/2010, 12:54 PM

Is no quarantine needed for things like this to be sure nothing 'extra' is being carried along with it?

Hartdude · 03/21/2010, 01:05 PM

Be sure that the system it came from doesn't have Flatworms. I have a buddy that introduced flatworms to his system via a ball of Chaeto.

dg3147 · 03/21/2010, 02:44 PM

I placed a ball of cheato from my "friend's" tank into my QT while I got the refuge set-up and within a few hours I saw a mini forest of Aptasia come to blume.

I'll now be ordering a ball from DFS instead. Praying for an ich free sample.

Kfig7 · 03/21/2010, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by dg3147

I placed a ball of cheato from my "friend's" tank into my QT while I got the refuge set-up and within a few hours I saw a mini forest of Aptasia come to blume.

I'll now be ordering a ball from DFS instead. Praying for an ich free sample.

I decided to not do a freshwater dip but I did thoroughly check to see if there were any flatworms and other bad hitchikers. There was a few really small brittle stars and a bristle worm which I decided to keep. Just hoping there no ich or any other bad parasite.

cpittmx · 03/21/2010, 08:42 PM

interesting question. im just getting ready to set up a fuge. Only makes sense that it would require QT....everything else dose. Surprised there hasn't been more input on this question.

thegrun · 03/21/2010, 08:45 PM

I got my initial clump from a trusted reefer who I knew had a clean pest free tank.

Kfig7 · 03/21/2010, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by cpittmx

interesting question. im just getting ready to set up a fuge. Only makes sense that it would require QT....everything else dose. Surprised there hasn't been more input on this question.

I agree! I first did a google search about this and theres not much info. Seems most people just throw their macro right in the refugium. The only place I could find chaetomorpha was a LFS i have never been to. It was recommended but on the way home I couldn't stop thinking that "what if that tank had Ich?" "Would it also be on the Chaeto?" I debated with my self for about an hour before I gambled and just threw it in the fuge. Hopefully nothing bad hapens.

03/21/2010, 11:47 AM	#1
Kfig7 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 136	Should I freshwater dip my Chaetomorpha? Do people typically do this or should I just throw it in my fuge?

03/21/2010, 12:12 PM	#2
cmac23 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 425	just throw in the fuge __________________ “Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant?? I'm halfway through my fish burger and I realize, Oh my God....I could be eating a slow learner.” “Even a fish could stay out of trouble if it would just learn to keep its mouth shut.” Current Tank Info: 29g biocube hqi

03/21/2010, 02:44 PM	#5
dg3147 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Pasadena, CA Posts: 1,178	I placed a ball of cheato from my "friend's" tank into my QT while I got the refuge set-up and within a few hours I saw a mini forest of Aptasia come to blume. I'll now be ordering a ball from DFS instead. Praying for an ich free sample. __________________ Elos 160XL \| Powermodule LED/T5 \| BK Double cone 200 \| Pasadena, CA Home page: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=23482778#post23482778

03/21/2010, 12:54 PM	#3
Luckless Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada Posts: 196	Is no quarantine needed for things like this to be sure nothing 'extra' is being carried along with it?

03/21/2010, 01:05 PM	#4
Hartdude Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Ashland, NE Posts: 342	Be sure that the system it came from doesn't have Flatworms. I have a buddy that introduced flatworms to his system via a ball of Chaeto.

03/21/2010, 08:42 PM	#7
cpittmx Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ravenna, Ohio Posts: 260	interesting question. im just getting ready to set up a fuge. Only makes sense that it would require QT....everything else dose. Surprised there hasn't been more input on this question.

03/21/2010, 08:45 PM	#8
thegrun Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Garden Grove, Ca Posts: 17,023	I got my initial clump from a trusted reefer who I knew had a clean pest free tank.