Question of the Day Do you move "unhappy" corals to an isolated tank?

[DexterB]

Do you move "unhappy" corals to an isolated tank? Or do you try to addressing coral issues in the display?

 

[Humblefish]

If it's just one coral that can be easily transplanted, I move it to my frag tank.

If there are multiple corals, I try to fix the issue in the DT unless there's a mass die off occurring.

 

[TheWyldZone]

If it has bacterial signs yes. Otherwise I leave it and let nature decide. Or I throw it in an invert coral cleaning station

 

[bluerider098]

I've had mixed results here. It really depends. I've moved them to my qt, moved them in the tank to a different spot, and done nothing. I can't say that any have been more successful than others.

If I'm going to do a treatment that requires me to remove the coral multiple times then it goes into the qt for easier access and less disturbance of the dt.

 

[Jon from TerraReef]

I could almost write a book on this topic with my opinions on this, but no one would read it. What I do would be different then what I might recommend another hobbyist do. Since I am obsessive about QT I can be extremely confident there isn't a pest organism that will be irritating things. I would lost to see if there was something physical that might be going on like a pump that is too close or a neighboring coral that might be attacking it. It may accelerate how soon I test.

 

[TheWyldZone]

I like anything sickly to chill in my coral cleaning station because the pests in there eat decay, bacteria and other pests

 

[mattzang]

nay

mostly because the only other tank i have running is a dumpy invert qt with a crappy light on it

 

[Jgoal55]

I have three corals - a pectinia, a torch, and a Duncan that all hate my DT.

I’ve tried to move them into it 3x now and all three times they’ve done well for a few days then start to close up.

It’s odd, because other than higher nitrates (almost 2x more), my parameters are nearly identical in both tanks.

That said, lights are different and flow is stronger. But I’ve messed around with different positions in the display tank and nothing seems to work.

I put them back in QT and it’s like magic - back to normal within a day

 

[RobB'zReef]

I move it, trying to be more proactive rather than watching the train derail in slow mo

 

[Gentlefish]

I like anything sickly to chill in my coral cleaning station because the pests in there eat decay, bacteria and other pests

Cool… how do you set up a coral cleaning station?

 

[najer]

I've had to move a few sulky corals over the past few months, the Regal rescues tank.

 

[TheWyldZone]

Cool… how do you set up a coral cleaning station?

Fill a bare bottom with a very specific mix of inverts, some pests. They clean. You remove and dip. Done

 

[Gentlefish]

Fill a bare bottom with a very specific mix of inverts, some pests. They clean. You remove and dip. Done

Uh oh. How about in Canada? We have a lot or things we can’t get. I remember hunting down 1 (one) acro crab for over a year. 🙁

 

[TheWyldZone]

Uh oh. How about in Canada? We have a lot or things we can’t get. I remember hunting down 1 (one) acro crab for over a year. 🙁

Varies A LOT. But crabs lysmata shrimp (yes this is the only place I ever use them) flatworms, fire worms. Euinice worms. Pods. Etc

 

[Gentlefish]

Varies A LOT. But crabs lysmata shrimp (yes this is the only place I ever use them) flatworms, fire worms. Euinice worms. Pods. Etc

That’s impressive! No chance I could pull of even 10% around here. So I will just continue to sit north of the border - jealous!