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bronco
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I've had a fish tank set up for 3 years. I have thought about adding some crabs or shrimp. Can these inverts bring illness to my fish? Should I use my QT first?
reefkprz
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Originally Posted by bronco
I've had a fish tank set up for 3 years. I have thought about adding some crabs or shrimp. Can these inverts bring illness to my fish? Should I use my QT first?
the chances are very slim of them bringing in diseases that can affect vertabretes, but it is possible. take for instance Ick. on a porous/semi-porous shell, a hermit crab can have the tomonts stage of marine ich habitating their shell. once introduced to your aquarium it could cause problems. Quaranteening EVERYTHING is the only way to gaurantee 100% that you wont have problems. any thing less than 100% quaranteen is 100% more likley to introduce a problem. thats the simple facts. you may never expirience a problem not QTing inverts... or you may.
I've had a fish tank set up for 3 years. I have thought about adding some crabs or shrimp. Can these inverts bring illness to my fish? Should I use my QT first?
the chances are very slim of them bringing in diseases that can affect vertabretes, but it is possible. take for instance Ick. on a porous/semi-porous shell, a hermit crab can have the tomonts stage of marine ich habitating their shell. once introduced to your aquarium it could cause problems. Quaranteening EVERYTHING is the only way to gaurantee 100% that you wont have problems. any thing less than 100% quaranteen is 100% more likley to introduce a problem. thats the simple facts. you may never expirience a problem not QTing inverts... or you may.
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bronco
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Originally Posted by reefkprZ
the chances are very slim of them bringing in diseases that can affect vertabretes, but it is possible. take for instance Ick. on a porous/semi-porous shell, a hermit crab can have the tomonts stage of marine ich habitating their shell. once introduced to your aquarium it could cause problems. Quaranteening EVERYTHING is the only way to gaurantee 100% that you wont have problems. any thing less than 100% quaranteen is 100% more likley to introduce a problem. thats the simple facts. you may never expirience a problem not QTing inverts... or you may.
so the crab itself will not host ich?
the chances are very slim of them bringing in diseases that can affect vertabretes, but it is possible. take for instance Ick. on a porous/semi-porous shell, a hermit crab can have the tomonts stage of marine ich habitating their shell. once introduced to your aquarium it could cause problems. Quaranteening EVERYTHING is the only way to gaurantee 100% that you wont have problems. any thing less than 100% quaranteen is 100% more likley to introduce a problem. thats the simple facts. you may never expirience a problem not QTing inverts... or you may.
so the crab itself will not host ich?
dinogeorge
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Not host it Bronco, just be a catalyst to possibly introduce it. The chances are slim, but very real. The other thing to keep in mind is to make sure that absolutely none of the water they bag your inverts in gets into your tank. The water can absolutely introduce nasty stuff into your tank, since most fish stores use a system where all of their tanks are interconnected. This just passes free floating problems from tank to tank.
My advice is to QT everything you ever put in your tank. Sometimes it may seem like overkill, but better safe than sorry is how I feel.
Good luck man.
My advice is to QT everything you ever put in your tank. Sometimes it may seem like overkill, but better safe than sorry is how I feel.
Good luck man.
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bronco
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Originally Posted by Dinogeorge
Not host it Bronco, just be a catalyst to possibly introduce it. The chances are slim, but very real. The other thing to keep in mind is to make sure that absolutely none of the water they bag your inverts in gets into your tank. The water can absolutely introduce nasty stuff into your tank, since most fish stores use a system where all of their tanks are interconnected. This just passes free floating problems from tank to tank.
My advice is to QT everything you ever put in your tank. Sometimes it may seem like overkill, but better safe than sorry is how I feel.
Good luck man.
I understand the situation with the water. It's 30 days in the hole for everyone!
Not host it Bronco, just be a catalyst to possibly introduce it. The chances are slim, but very real. The other thing to keep in mind is to make sure that absolutely none of the water they bag your inverts in gets into your tank. The water can absolutely introduce nasty stuff into your tank, since most fish stores use a system where all of their tanks are interconnected. This just passes free floating problems from tank to tank.
My advice is to QT everything you ever put in your tank. Sometimes it may seem like overkill, but better safe than sorry is how I feel.
Good luck man.
I understand the situation with the water. It's 30 days in the hole for everyone!
mademperor
Member
Originally Posted by Dinogeorge
Not host it Bronco, just be a catalyst to possibly introduce it. The chances are slim, but very real. The other thing to keep in mind is to make sure that absolutely none of the water they bag your inverts in gets into your tank. The water can absolutely introduce nasty stuff into your tank, since most fish stores use a system where all of their tanks are interconnected. This just passes free floating problems from tank to tank.
My advice is to QT everything you ever put in your tank. Sometimes it may seem like overkill, but better safe than sorry is how I feel.
Good luck man.
Do you keep the SG at .089 the whole time in QT?
Not host it Bronco, just be a catalyst to possibly introduce it. The chances are slim, but very real. The other thing to keep in mind is to make sure that absolutely none of the water they bag your inverts in gets into your tank. The water can absolutely introduce nasty stuff into your tank, since most fish stores use a system where all of their tanks are interconnected. This just passes free floating problems from tank to tank.
My advice is to QT everything you ever put in your tank. Sometimes it may seem like overkill, but better safe than sorry is how I feel.
Good luck man.
Do you keep the SG at .089 the whole time in QT?
bessycerka
Member
I agree. QT and INSPECT everything. Bought 2 medium sized condi's today on a piece of live rock, on the other side of the LR was a beautiful, size of your thumb, GLASS ANEMONE, YIKES, chopped the LR to get rid of it, would have been a nightmare otherwise......
sepulatian
Moderator
You should qt your inverts and rock. They cannot host a parasite but the parasite can be resting on it's surface. A friend of mine got marine velvet (which is VERY hard to treat) by adding LR that was cured. Think of your display as a sterile environent. Protect it at all cost.
waterlogged
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Do you qt corals? That would take special lighting on your QT wouldn't it?
renogaw
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absolutely qt corals. and yes, that means more light.
but you could get flatworms, nasty macro algae that you cannot get rid of, etc. even worse, you could get flatworm eggs and nothing kills them and you cannot see them.
if you buy any corals that originated in indonesia you're actually better off snapping off the plug and reattaching it yourself.
but you could get flatworms, nasty macro algae that you cannot get rid of, etc. even worse, you could get flatworm eggs and nothing kills them and you cannot see them.
if you buy any corals that originated in indonesia you're actually better off snapping off the plug and reattaching it yourself.
reefkprz
Active Member
Originally Posted by Waterlogged
Do you qt corals? That would take special lighting on your QT wouldn't it?
I quarantine all my corals too. its the only way to be sure. there are a lot of nasty critters that can come in on corals and become nearly impossible to eradicate from your tank.
Do you qt corals? That would take special lighting on your QT wouldn't it?
I quarantine all my corals too. its the only way to be sure. there are a lot of nasty critters that can come in on corals and become nearly impossible to eradicate from your tank.
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bronco
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Originally Posted by reefkprZ
no a SG that low would kill your inverts. you want your qt at 1.025 when QTing inverts. hypo should only be used on fish.
Thanks for the headsup on SG. I do keep it low for fish.
no a SG that low would kill your inverts. you want your qt at 1.025 when QTing inverts. hypo should only be used on fish.
Thanks for the headsup on SG. I do keep it low for fish.