noob chronicles...... what would you do next

SaltyDog143 · #1 11-19-2014, 05:46 PM

Thanks for the replies guys...

My ultimate goal for my quarantine tank....to hold the anenome and fish until its good/safe to move over to the display tank, nothing more. Just needed somewhere to put them while I was trying to get the tank and rocks setup.

As for bristle worms, I know I am not going to kill them all, just trying to reduce the numbers, when I turned one rock over it was almost orange there were so many.

So when would you guys move the stuff from quarantine to the display? should I wait maybe a week to see what happens? or should I be ok to do it now?

Thanks
Randy

kien · #2 11-19-2014, 06:16 PM

If the live rock came straight out of the other dude's tank then chances are that it has already been cycled. The big thing to watch for is a cycle (ammonia and nitrite) in your display tank. I'm going to venture a guess that you won't see much of one as the rock you're using probably has enough nitrifying bacteria. However, having said that, since your tank appears to be quite new (like less than a week?) I would hold off on putting anything in the display tank for a few more days. Test Nitrite and Ammonia again in a few days to see if there is any rise in either. You probably won't, but the rock did travel 3 hours so there is a chance that there was some die off that may cause a mini-cycle (slight elevation in Ammonia and nitrite).

ponokareefer · #3 11-19-2014, 06:40 PM

I would make sure all the Majona's are gone for at least a month in the quarantine tank before putting it into the display. You will never get rid of them once they are in the display and will be a constant headache. You may need to kill everything on the rock to make sure they are fully gone. I'm afraid you are probably stuck with dead rock.

CM125 · #4 11-19-2014, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by SaltyDog143

Thanks for the replies guys...

My ultimate goal for my quarantine tank....to hold the anenome and fish until its good/safe to move over to the display tank, nothing more. Just needed somewhere to put them while I was trying to get the tank and rocks setup.

As for bristle worms, I know I am not going to kill them all, just trying to reduce the numbers, when I turned one rock over it was almost orange there were so many.

So when would you guys move the stuff from quarantine to the display? should I wait maybe a week to see what happens? or should I be ok to do it now?

Thanks
Randy

There are lots of fish that will keep bristle worm numbers under control, I would go this route. Don't move everything over until your parameters are good, there is really no set time

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Originally Posted by ponokareefer

I would make sure all the Majona's are gone for at least a month in the quarantine tank before putting it into the display. You will never get rid of them once they are in the display and will be a constant headache. You may need to kill everything on the rock to make sure they are fully gone. I'm afraid you are probably stuck with dead rock.

That might be a little excessive, there are lots of ways to kill these without having to fully kill and recycle

Borderjumper · #5 11-19-2014, 08:03 PM

Never heard of a cold dip. IMO this will only kill off the benificial stuff.. The nastys will survive.

SaltyDog143 · #6 11-19-2014, 11:36 PM

I had read somewhere that a cold dig will help get the bristle worms to let go of the rock, and when I did it sure enough they started to come out, I dipped them in the cold water and would splash it around some and most would fall right off, I did pick some off as well. Once done this I would put the rocks into new tank water at room temp. If I noticed at that time any majona I would get under them with a semi sharp knife and they would let go fairly well after the cold water dip.

I'm not saying this is the end all be all for pest removal, I just wanted to decrease the numbers significantly and I think I accomplished that.

as for timing to switch stuff from the quarantine tank, I was thinking next week if my parameters are still good, was really curious about what you guys all thought because you have way more experience than me.

thanks again

hillegom · #7 11-20-2014, 12:43 AM

About the bristle worms. I think you should keep some, but you really don't have a choice. Unless you kill everything on the LR, there will always be some in the nooks and crannies.
If you want to decrease the population, there is a way.
Take a piece of an old nylon from your wife and put some food into it. Like maybe a 6mmx6mm piece of shrimp, anything really.Tie it up. Leave it in the QT tank overnight. The bristle worms will get stuck in the fine weave of the nylon. Just take the whole thing and chuck it in the morning.
Repeat as often as you wish.

Myka · #8 11-20-2014, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by ponokareefer

I would make sure all the Majona's are gone for at least a month in the quarantine tank before putting it into the display. You will never get rid of them once they are in the display and will be a constant headache.

My thoughts too. The cold dip won't harm the Majano Anemones.

kien · #9 11-20-2014, 02:31 AM

bristle worms are OK, but if you really really want to get rid of them, I've noticed that Coral Rx Pro does a great job of nuking them :-)

It sounded to me like you had already taken the live rock out of the QT tank and put them into the display tank?

SaltyDog143 · #10 11-20-2014, 03:35 AM

Ok a little update......

checked the nitrate level in the Q tank, after doing 25% water change last night, still at 160ppm tonight, so we are going to do a 50% change tonight.

display tank....suddenly looks like its getting green algae on the the rocks?, should i put some of the cleaner crew in there?

As for my rocks, i put 5 rocks in the q tank upon start up all the rest went into the display tank.