Quarantine and Observation
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Me: "nah, I don't need to quarantine anything so long as it isn't from the ocean or anything."
Montipora nudis: "I am about to ruin this whole person's career."
I’ve always looked very closely at every coral I’ve ever bought but honestly never even thought about getting a pair of those binocular glasses. That is an incredible idea and I’ll definitely be getting some. Thanks for a great informative video!!!
Very good advice.
GooD day Than ... ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO ! Thank you
love your uploads they have helped me out more times then i care to remember xx
Spot on Than! I'm farr from perfect but the amount of crap I've kept out of my main tank with a qt is pretty unbelievable. The fact most corals are wild here you'd be crazy not to. I find fragging a good addition to observation, get rid of any skeleton/substrate not needed. Great video!
"That looks really fishy, I should dip that" lololol
Magnifique comme d'habitude, BRAVO !!! 👏👏👏
Great tip!
What a coincidence. I just bought one of those last night 😅 also a bright ring light to illuminate the coral.
Great video . I’m gonna use the link to order some now
Well spoken topic...i can definitely appreciate good honest criticism...with that being said...when are you coming over Than? Thanks again for all your help!
always such great, crisp, clear content! Thanks for sharing!
Great vid as always. You have the best video quality. The camera makes you look sharp!
Great advice here guys!
Could you please do a video on sponges. Thinking of getting once i know what to excpect
Great video. I am in the stages of starting a reef tank. I have fish QT set up and working on a frag QT and a frag grow out for the DT. Very good advice, Thank you
Hey! What happened to the Jen fish quarantine video? That was a good one. For that matter, what happened to ALL of the Jen videos? Have they been scrubbed from the channel? Inquiring minds want to know.
Very important topic... on my channel I have noted only tanks with very hardy fish always do well with no qt.. so if you do all captive bred fish and damsels then you will most likely be okay but what fun is that so many other fish...
I don't have too many recommendations when it comes to fish. I should have on someone who does it professionally for a Q&A. So much about what makes introducing fish challenging is how that fish was handled before it showed up into the country.
2:56 I literally busted out laughing
Dang those tanks are so spotless. 😭
I'd like to get into reefing a little bit. But I am very shortsighted. It can't even be fixed with glasses. Have you got any idea?
I will stick to painting your coral photos. It's so much fun and your photos are great!
I'd love to but I live in a small apartment and don't have space for more than one tank!
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This is a very good video. Would have never thought to use dental glasses. These would also serve as good protection when handling zoas. Pests could very well be what is causing Rico's issue. I feel bad cuz that tank was on it's was to being awesome.
When I saw his stream I thought his tank looked like a situation where someone overcranked an ultra low nutrient methodology and starved everything out with heavy carbon dosing. Having a pest issue usually affects just one coral first not killing off all the SPS at once over the course of a long weekend.
The first tank you show is a tank with fish that weren’t quarantined lol.
I used to quarantine on and off but if I had to redesign my entire system again I would place the QT downstream of the main system so any water change water would drain into the qt first and the qt would then be drained to the drain. The QT would be completely separate of course and maintained with a separate set of controller modules.
Wouldn’t that risk introducing problems into your quarantine if you had an ich problem?
@@jimporter Not unless you have a bypass valve as well. The assumption is that the Main display is clean and if the water is just used to fill the QT as needed for water changes then you'd not waste good water for fish/corals. Keep in mind you'd want separate tanks for fish in case you need to treat them. To me there is a hierarchy of water requirements. SPS needs the cleanest water --> LPS--> Soft Corals --> Fish can deal with high nutrients than corals in general.
Ellery Wong yes I understood your plan, just pointed out a situation which it would not cover.
My first batch of fish for the display tank so they are in QT right now. Once the tank is supporting coralline algae I will start with corals.
I QT fish but for corals, my QT system is cheep and too hard on sensitive SPS. I have been doing a 2 part dip (coral RX and Bayer), removing the plug or gluing over all non living tissue. I try to inspect for eggs but have low confidence in my ability to spot them. Not sure how to make an SPS stable QT system without replicating my entire system in small scale or do constant water changes requiring tons of time.
Great video Than. Spot on. I always qt my fish and corals as well. I have a small tank all corals get dipped and observed for a month then I move them to a 90g Frag tank, dip them again and observe for another month. My main display will be a 600g tank so I have to be careful not to let anything slip in there. I like those dental glasses. Great idea..
It is good to take precautions especially in a tank that will be so difficult to get into to remove fish and corals.
I always dip my corals and check closely for any pests
So on Amazon, there are a few different models of the $300 loupe, which do you suggest? The 2.5x 3x or 3.5x - they all have different working distances as well. Obviously the more magnification the better but working from a further distance may not be ideal
Thanks Stan, another great video!
Bricks his name is Than lol
Hello I have a question about QT. What I wanted to know is can I quarantine fish and corals in the same tank simultaneously?? I plan to use Polyplab Primer for corals to dip before QT and Safety Stop bath for the fish before QT the fish. And then aging dip the coral and use safety stop bath for the fish before adding them to the main display tank. Can you help me please.
I use a lit magnifying glass to inspect my frags.
I didn't know you were here In Ohio. I'm going to have to stop by sometime. I assume call to set up an appointment? I think that's what I saw on the website.
Yes. Best bet is to send an email.
wtf i’m binging over corona quarentine thinking this was a new video taking about covid
I've always preferred a decent clamp on desk magnifying lamp and a high resolution video scope.
First tank is dying from yesterday. Without any signs of irregularities. It was hard to watch Rico's live ...Sad
It is frustrating when a tank crashes and the cause is not obvious
I've got a question. Is it better to go with a DSB (deep sand bed) with plenum of 10cm total in height , or just the common 3/4 cm , both with Aragonite, for more volume and space?
I don't mess too much with deep sand beds or plenums.
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Is it a greenhouse? Or a bluehouse?
In one of your videos you mentioned a store you purchase fish from that carry out their own quarantine/treatment process. I forget the name of the store, could you remind me?
Triton Marine
the $300 ones in the video don't look like the $300 in the link. also what magnification option do you recommend on the $300
I can't find the one in the video anywhere :/ As for magnification, anything around 3x should work.
go to a hobby store they have one with x10,x8,x6,x3 for under $100
I invested in some magnifying glasses a couple years ago and these have been great for the money if you don't want to go expensive. I use the 2x attachment all the time for my tank:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007CDJKM2
Quarentining should not be the consumer responsibility, if for no other reason, because distributors, LFS's can do it at scale and we don't.
I don't know in which other industry is acceptable for distributors to use methods to hide and mask diseases just until they are out of their hands (I am talking especially about fish here).
Most wholesalers don't even dip let alone quarantine. Now that I think of it, I would wager that most retailers do not dip.
@@tidalgardens On a completely different topic, I just got a Blackmagic pocket cinema 4K and I'm trying to choose a lens to shoot mainly the tank. Could you give me some advise?
Macro shooting is not a priority, I am looking for a single lens that I can conveniently use. I guess I need a zoom lens because I don't want to be moving back and forth around the tank. Any suggestions?
Something like this is a good all-around zoom lens for the micro 4/3 mount: amzn.to/2ZKcsa8
@@tidalgardens Thanks a lot Than, I checked lots of videos and reviews and it looks like the perfect general purpose lens for this camera. It will be a decent upgrade for my 10 year old panasonic camcorder :)
Hello I have a question about QT. What I wanted to know is can I quarantine fish and corals in the same tank simultaneously?? I plan to use Polyplab Primer for corals to dip before QT and Safety Stop bath for the fish before QT the fish. And then aging dip the coral and use safety stop bath for the fish before adding them to the main display tank. Can you help me please.