What order should they get introduced into the tank?

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  1. paulhr

    paulhr Plankton

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    I am a newbie starting with a 200 gallon reef tank.
    I have a 29 gallon quarantine tank and have two questions about the quarantine procedure for each of the following.
    Question one) What order should they get introduced into the tank.
    Question two) Does each item need a four week quarantine? Because they are too small, it makes no sense to quarantine " Nitrifying-Bacteria ", " Probiotic " and Copepods... right?

    1st?) Dry Rock
    2nd?) Dry Sand
    3rd?) Cycle starting bacteria (https://store.drtimsaquatics.com/One-Only-Live-Nitrifying-Bacteria-for-Saltwater-Aquaria_p_48.html)
    4th) Probiotic (https://store.drtimsaquatics.com/Eco-Balance-Probiotic-Bacteria-for-Saltwater-Aquaria-_p_394.html)
    5th?) Copepods (Live Foods for Feeding Aquarium Fish, Inverts & Corals: AlgaGen PhycoPure Copepod Blend)
    6th?) Then Mysid shrimp (Live Foods for Feeding Aquarium Fish, Inverts & Corals: AlgaGen Live Mysid Shrimp, Mysidopsis bahia).
    7th) Clean up Crew (Quick Crew w/Hermits (175 Bowfront))
    8th?) Blue/Green Reef Chromis (Saltwater Aquarium Fish for Marine Aquariums: Blue/Green Reef Chromis)
     
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  3. DevinH

    DevinH Montipora Capricornis

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    Add in the dry rock, sand, and everything else except anything alive. Forgot the probiotic stuff. Buy Dr tims one and only nitryfting bacteria. Drop in some fish food to decay and add in the bacteria. Measure levels until everything is 0


    Copepods need to wait for an established tank. Your fish will eat the shrimp the second they go in unless they're in the sump. Feed frozen mysid.
     
  4. Mr. Bill

    Mr. Bill Native Floridian

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    +1 to ^^^.

    FTR, fish are the only thing most folks QT, although some will also do corals.
     
  5. bigdubb

    bigdubb Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    As a fellow n00b, I recently had this same issue. I followed the same plan you outlined previously but added the pods to my fuge. I had some in my DT, but as soon as my chromis were introduced the tank, they went bonkers and ate all of them that were in the sand and found their way up on the sides of the tank.

    I'd add the pods to your fuge along with a chaeto ball. They'll be save there and eventually some of them will find their way into the tank. The smart ones will stay in the rock and sand, and be good pickings for any sand sifting animals in your tank. Myself I hope to get a good supply so I can have a mandarin my tank.

    Everything I've read and heard about QT is just for the fish. No inverts. QT them for a minimum of a month to vet out any illness they might have, ich or what have you.

    Also make sure your QT is bare bottom, and take a piece of established LR and add it to your QT. Prior to doing any dosing make sure to remove that piece of rock. Additionally add some PVC so the fish have somewhere to hide if necessary.

    my $.02