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travis2008

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travis2008

Hi Reefers,

 

Last week Friday my gf took me out to the reef hot spot near LAX to pick out 100 dollars worth of coral for my birthday. She trying to save money for a trip of Korea so I didn’t want to spend too much. Here is what I bought:

 

2 headed branching Hammer frag: $20

1 head frogspawn frag: $10

2 Nassarius snails: $4

Blue mushroom: $5

Six line wrasse: $14

 

The entire bill was 55 dollars I guess they didn’t charge tax. If you live in LA I would recommend this store. But there was a problem with my wrasse after dumping him in the tank I noticed that he had these white splotches on his sides. I was going to just take him back but my gf had already named him and she wanted to keep him. So I setup my old tank 10 gallons and had all the equipment ready for a quarantine tank. After this I’m probably going to use a QT for all new fishes. I have a few questions for those of you who use a QT.

 

How do you keep ammonia levels in check on a QT?

Do you keep it running at all times?

Do you quarantine corals as well?

How long should you quarantine new fish before putting them in the display tank?

How long should I keep the wrasse in there after the infection clears up?

What is the best medication for a fish with a bacterial or fungus infection?

 

Thanks for your help.

 

Travis

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I don't keep my QT running all the time. I keep a bag of ceramic rings in my sump, so that they are seeded with bacteria. When I set up the tank I do a water change on my main tank and use the old tank water in the QT and put the ceramic rings in the HOB filter. That way I'm all set up for biological filtration.

 

I quarantine all fish and corals. For LPS, just a few days to check for hitchhikers. For zoas and SPS, 2 weeks and dip everything in Lugols.

 

White spots sounds like ich. Quarantine for 6 weeks after it clears up. Also if things don't improve, you might want to try a hyposalinity treatment.

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CarterNichols

In my dealings with a QT which were extensive during a nasty battle with ich.. (damn petco) bio filtration for a bare bottom fish only QT is not needed, i used all new water, chemi-pure and that was it..

 

with my ich treatment, i used quick-cure (highly recommend the stuff) it is 99.2% formalin, so don't get it on your hands... but i treat out side the QT tank in a tupperware container for 5 mins, then fw with hypo salinity and buffered pH then back into QT... ich cleared up in a few days, however i left the tank fallow (with out fish) for 6 weeks just to let the ich run its cycle...

 

as for corals, i have read that most people just do a iodine dip i believe? if you buy from a respectable fish store chances are they already QT'ed their stock, mine does at least.

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