Why QT corals?

twoodall · 09/18/2008, 03:08 PM

I have a QT set up have a couple fish in it now. I have read and read about the benefits of QT for fish and the DT. What are the benefits of QT for corals?

SeanT · 09/18/2008, 03:15 PM

Several.
Among them are to observe/treat disease and parasites that can spread in your display and wipe out the rest of your corals.

kdc527 · 09/18/2008, 03:16 PM

It depends what type of corals your qting sps I know certain types of bad critters lay eggs at the base of some sps. i usually give my corals a freshwater dip to kill any hitchhikers on the rock or plug it came with.

twoodall · 09/18/2008, 03:19 PM

We are talking LPS for now. Torch, Plate and Moon Rock.

stanlalee · 09/18/2008, 04:30 PM

I never quarantine any corals and not once had an issue. All my sps are bought small and aquacultured from aquacultured coral only tanks from sources I trust. I dont do the SPS trading and frags from peoples display tanks for this reason. I dont know LPS and zooanthid to have significant enough parasite issues to warrant quarantine. I also have a sixline wrasse. If I were worried I'd get a dip like seachems before adding them and be done with it.

twoodall · 09/18/2008, 04:41 PM

I bought these three corals and two fish from a advertisers here on RC. I like the specimens, on the surface they look like good quality, but it is my first purchase from them. The website did mention they had a Marine Biologist on Staff, but the degree isn't posted on the website. HA!

crvz · 09/18/2008, 05:12 PM

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Originally posted by stanlalee
I never quarantine any corals and not once had an issue. All my sps are bought small and aquacultured from aquacultured coral only tanks from sources I trust. I dont do the SPS trading and frags from peoples display tanks for this reason. I dont know LPS and zooanthid to have significant enough parasite issues to warrant quarantine. I also have a sixline wrasse. If I were worried I'd get a dip like seachems before adding them and be done with it.

well, most folks don't have problems, but when you start trading and obtaining various corals at a frequent interval you'll likely reap the benefits from the QT. There are numerous zoanthid pests, from nudis to snails to spiders, and LPS can bring in diseases. If you're confident that the lineage of each tank you're buying from is completely safe, then sure there's no need to QT, but being able to have that kind of confidence is a stretch at best.

sassafrass · 09/18/2008, 05:17 PM

I didn't and wished I had it cost me a lot of money and some color morphs of zoo's I might never find again

twoodall · 09/18/2008, 06:45 PM

Does the rule for just ambient lighting apply for corals in QT or should I supply a greater amount of lighting?

ACBlinky · 09/18/2008, 08:34 PM

For corals, light = food; in QT they need the same lighting (or as close as possible) as they had when you bought them, and/or will have in your display.

A couple of my reasons for QTing or dipping coral:
1) It gives you time to identify any pests that may have ridden in on the coral, and do something about them
2) With LPS, I like having them in a quiet tank or the sump for a bit; this allows me to 'fatten them up'. Lots of LPS are starving by the time we buy them, and time in QT lets them eat in peace and recover without being mauled by fish or shrimp.

tmz · 09/18/2008, 09:42 PM

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Originally posted by kdc527
It depends what type of corals your qting sps I know certain types of bad critters lay eggs at the base of some sps. i usually give my corals a freshwater dip to kill any hitchhikers on the rock or plug it came with.

Most sps will bleach if you give them a freshwater dip.

tmz · 09/18/2008, 09:54 PM

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Originally posted by ACBlinky
For corals, light = food; in QT they need the same lighting (or as close as possible) as they had when you bought them, and/or will have in your display.

A couple of my reasons for QTing or dipping coral:
1) It gives you time to identify any pests that may have ridden in on the coral, and do something about them
2) With LPS, I like having them in a quiet tank or the sump for a bit; this allows me to 'fatten them up'. Lots of LPS are starving by the time we buy them, and time in QT lets them eat in peace and recover without being mauled by fish or shrimp.

Once pests such as acro eating flatworms,red bugs ,montipora eating nudibranch and/or various lps infections enter your tank they can destroy it and are very difficult to erradicate.

09/18/2008, 03:08 PM	#1
twoodall Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Marianna, FL Posts: 201	Why QT corals? I have a QT set up have a couple fish in it now. I have read and read about the benefits of QT for fish and the DT. What are the benefits of QT for corals? __________________ Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop drinking coffee..... Current Tank Info: 150 gallon, 3-150w MH, 4 96w Actinic, 4 Lunar Blue Moon Glow LEDs, Aquac EV180 skimmer w/ mag7, Mag18 return pump, 3 #4 Koralia, 250# LR, 3" Live Sand Bed, 55 G sump/fuge

09/18/2008, 03:15 PM	#2
SeanT Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Wilmington, North Carolina Posts: 13,860	Several. Among them are to observe/treat disease and parasites that can spread in your display and wipe out the rest of your corals. __________________ My tank was cool. Current Tank Info: Barebottom (the tank not me...at least not at the moment).

09/18/2008, 03:16 PM	#3
kdc527 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Boyertown, PA Posts: 333	It depends what type of corals your qting sps I know certain types of bad critters lay eggs at the base of some sps. i usually give my corals a freshwater dip to kill any hitchhikers on the rock or plug it came with. __________________ she thinks the fish are pretty Current Tank Info: 55 gallon reef 29 gallon sump 2 korlia 2's mag5 return current 48"pc light

09/18/2008, 03:19 PM	#4
twoodall Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Marianna, FL Posts: 201	We are talking LPS for now. Torch, Plate and Moon Rock. __________________ Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop drinking coffee..... Current Tank Info: 150 gallon, 3-150w MH, 4 96w Actinic, 4 Lunar Blue Moon Glow LEDs, Aquac EV180 skimmer w/ mag7, Mag18 return pump, 3 #4 Koralia, 250# LR, 3" Live Sand Bed, 55 G sump/fuge

09/18/2008, 04:41 PM	#6
twoodall Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Marianna, FL Posts: 201	I bought these three corals and two fish from a advertisers here on RC. I like the specimens, on the surface they look like good quality, but it is my first purchase from them. The website did mention they had a Marine Biologist on Staff, but the degree isn't posted on the website. HA! __________________ Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop drinking coffee..... Current Tank Info: 150 gallon, 3-150w MH, 4 96w Actinic, 4 Lunar Blue Moon Glow LEDs, Aquac EV180 skimmer w/ mag7, Mag18 return pump, 3 #4 Koralia, 250# LR, 3" Live Sand Bed, 55 G sump/fuge

09/18/2008, 04:30 PM	#5
stanlalee Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: hampton roads, va Posts: 1,799	I never quarantine any corals and not once had an issue. All my sps are bought small and aquacultured from aquacultured coral only tanks from sources I trust. I dont do the SPS trading and frags from peoples display tanks for this reason. I dont know LPS and zooanthid to have significant enough parasite issues to warrant quarantine. I also have a sixline wrasse. If I were worried I'd get a dip like seachems before adding them and be done with it.

09/18/2008, 05:17 PM	#8
sassafrass Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: capitola ca Posts: 1,729	I didn't and wished I had it cost me a lot of money and some color morphs of zoo's I might never find again

09/18/2008, 06:45 PM	#9
twoodall Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Marianna, FL Posts: 201	Does the rule for just ambient lighting apply for corals in QT or should I supply a greater amount of lighting? __________________ Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop drinking coffee..... Current Tank Info: 150 gallon, 3-150w MH, 4 96w Actinic, 4 Lunar Blue Moon Glow LEDs, Aquac EV180 skimmer w/ mag7, Mag18 return pump, 3 #4 Koralia, 250# LR, 3" Live Sand Bed, 55 G sump/fuge

09/18/2008, 08:34 PM	#10
ACBlinky Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada Posts: 4,954 Blog Entries: 20	For corals, light = food; in QT they need the same lighting (or as close as possible) as they had when you bought them, and/or will have in your display. A couple of my reasons for QTing or dipping coral: 1) It gives you time to identify any pests that may have ridden in on the coral, and do something about them 2) With LPS, I like having them in a quiet tank or the sump for a bit; this allows me to 'fatten them up'. Lots of LPS are starving by the time we buy them, and time in QT lets them eat in peace and recover without being mauled by fish or shrimp. __________________ "The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea." - Isak Dinesen Current Tank Info: 150g mixed reef, 30g sump/refugium, LED lighting, 100lbs LR, coral beauty, flame angel, blue & yellow tangs, gobies, damsels, 6-line wrasse, lawnmower blenny, dottyback, clown pair, rabbitfish, shrimp, crabs, CUC.