catfish2 Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Hi all, it's been a while since I've posted. I moved to Southern California and I haven't found a group of reefers I trust so I thought I would post my question here. I'm looking to set up a frag tank, but I'm wondering if I can plumb a quarentine tank (for coral only) into the frag tank's sump (the frag tank and quarantine tank will share a sump.) Basically, the question is: what is the likelohood that coral threats (AEFW, Monti eating nudies, red bugs, bubble algae...) will go from the quarantine tank to the sump then into the frag tank? I would really like to avoid setting up a separate quarantine system and I want the stability of the larger water volume. Thanks for your input! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higher Thinking Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Hey man, good to hear from you! I think you'd definitely be asking for trouble by rigging the system that way. I'm sure you could have an experience where a random pest actually stays in the QT setup, but the more likely event is transferring things between tanks. And just imagine a nice frag tank full of beautiful acros all infected with AEFW because one piece had some eggs you didn't detect. To be honest, it's actually a step above what most people do. Typically people don't have coral QT so they just dip and add to their system. Having your new coral in a separate tank at least gives you that added layer of "protection," but I hardly think you could consider it an actual QT system. Just my thoughts though. Hope everything in Cali is going well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catfish2 Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 Higherthinking! What's up!? I assumed that would be the general consensus and I definitely appreciate the input. I've never quarentined coral, just dipped like you mention, even multiple dips over a few weeks time,but just returned the coral back to the display. Despite those efforts, I ended up with the dreaded Monti eating nudies. I want to avoid that this time around,but setting up another system sounds like a hassle not to mention expensive. I just don't know how likely it is for an egg of some critter or a critter itself to make it from one coral through a sump to another coral in the frag tank. What is more of a risk, dipping corals then putting them in the display or dipping corals and putting them in a "quarentine tank" that is tied into a frag tank with potentially lots of awesome Acro frags? Anyone else have any thoughts on the matter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bevo5 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 To me it's the same thing as putting them in the display. I am no expert but I imagine a lot of these bad guys end up in the water column at one point or another and once that happens it's just a matter of floating through a few baffles to a new home. I don't think you can call it a qt if it's sharing water. I suppose it's another layer stuff would have to get through, but I wouldn't sleep any better at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paratore Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Good to hear from you! Just set up a little Nuvo 20 as your QT and just keep it simple! It would make a nice Little temp QT. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catfish2 Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 Thanks guys! Now I can use your comments about needing a separate QT to convince my wife that I need another tank. Jk, but seriously thanks for the input! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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