Pat24601
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I thought I'd get opinions on this.
As I did detailed research on Marine Ich (e.g. reading Lee's old posts on this forum among many others), one of the things that caught my attention is that a purist/conservative strategy with regards to Marine Ich would be to quarantine ANYTHING wet, including snails and corals, for 76 days before putting in your display tank.
Obviously, neither coral nor snails can get Marine Ich, but the theory is that unless they have been in a quarantined, fishless environment for 76 days, they could have Marine Ich cysts on them and therefore you could introduce it into your tank.
It's kind of obvious that's theoretically true, but I really don't know anyone that does that. Even folks that QT fish, maybe dip their corals, but no fishless quarantine for 76 days.
What do folks think? While I doubt anyone thinks the statement is untrue, it's actually another dimension of quarantine that pretty much requires another QT tank set up separate from a fish QT tank, with pretty darn good lighting in corals case. Does anyone actually worry about that or is it such low risk that it's just not worth it even though it could theoretically happen?
As I did detailed research on Marine Ich (e.g. reading Lee's old posts on this forum among many others), one of the things that caught my attention is that a purist/conservative strategy with regards to Marine Ich would be to quarantine ANYTHING wet, including snails and corals, for 76 days before putting in your display tank.
Obviously, neither coral nor snails can get Marine Ich, but the theory is that unless they have been in a quarantined, fishless environment for 76 days, they could have Marine Ich cysts on them and therefore you could introduce it into your tank.
It's kind of obvious that's theoretically true, but I really don't know anyone that does that. Even folks that QT fish, maybe dip their corals, but no fishless quarantine for 76 days.
What do folks think? While I doubt anyone thinks the statement is untrue, it's actually another dimension of quarantine that pretty much requires another QT tank set up separate from a fish QT tank, with pretty darn good lighting in corals case. Does anyone actually worry about that or is it such low risk that it's just not worth it even though it could theoretically happen?
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