Quarntine polyps

burnsachris

I orderd some polyps form liveaquaria do I need to quarntine these. Also is it wort buying a SFB brand Hatchery? None of the LFS have live brine.

Kellsindell

You should always quarantine. Fish for 3wks and corals for a day or 2. Watch them to make sure there aren't any unwanted creatures on them. Also, you can use different things like Interceptor to kill the unwanted inverts that may have traveled with the coral such as Acro-eating Flatworms and so forth.

onefish2fish

for zoos you do a fresh R/O iodine dip

McFishin'

What is Interceptor and how does it kill the unwanted creatures?

Kellsindell

Interceptor is a med that is used on dogs for ticks and what not. It's reef safe and only kills inverts (i don't know if it'll hurt a anemone, so i don't recommend using unless you find out). So it'll kill zoa eating spider(or whatever they're called) redbugs, and some belive it kills ich.

onefish2fish

dip zoos BEFORE adding them to your tank.

burnsachris

How do you do an iodine dip? How much?

onefish2fish

different brands of idodine call for a different ratio.

recently ive been using kents concentrated iodine with RO water. its a 5ml iodine:16oz RO water
put the zoos in for 3-5 minutes then swish them around right side up, then upside down. this will let any bad hitchers die and fall off. it wont kill nudi eggs though, these will have to be manually removed if found. then put the zoos into your tank.
kent also makes lugols which is good stuff but a different ratio.

burnsachris

Ok thanks I have the kents brand.