Do anemones need to be QT'ed?

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I have read all the acclimation info and no where can I find info that anyone QT's their anemones. It seams since they have so much water in them they could bring bad things into the tank...

any thoughts?

Thanks
 
Yup, everything gets qt'd. If not the anemones themselves, then there could be ich in the water in the bag or in any rock they're attached to.
 
What is the best way to QT them? Fish are qt'ed in a bare bottom tank with pvc.. I don't want to stress it, it need lots of light...Would a frag tank work that has some live rock in it?

Is 3 week good enought to avoid the ich?

I have a lonley clown who lost his first friend and needs another

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If the frag tank doesn't have any fish, isn't plumbed inline with a tank that does, and you don't add any more corals for the qt period, yah, that'd work. I'd shoot for a minimum of 4 weeks, personally.
 
One additional note, I'd watch the nem closely. If it shows any sign of stress, I'd probably stop the QT (they prefer a mature, stable tank, and can get stressed quickly).
 
I was really worried about the stress..I just lost one and don't want to loose another ..but don't want to have problems in the DT...seems you just have to take a chance one way or the other,...Have you (ore anyone) treated anemones with a bath or medication to avoid pest like the article below says??

Found this:

http://www.novalek.com/kordon/articles/quarantine.html

from article:

The Need For Quarantining Aquatic Invertebrates
Less is known about quarantining invertebrates, such as coral, sea anemones, shrimp, crabs, starfish, snails, etc. , than for fish. But they bring in infections the same as fish do. Invertebrates should be quarantined in the same way as is done for fishes, as well as treated with appropriate treatments if infected. One good reason for doing this is that the free-swimming young of Ich white-spot disease may mistake (or deliberately decide on) one of the invertebrates -- such as a sea anemone or a snail -- as an adequate substitute for a fish, and attach onto them during their "white spot" stage. When they are brought into the community aquarium, the Ich white spots can continue their life cycle and infect the fishes present there. Unless isolated and treated during quarantine, this infection will not be discovered in time or be eliminated before being released in the community aquarium. With the new invention of the Kordon organic naphthoquinone treatments that can be used with aquatic invertebrates (Kordon Ich Attack?, Prevent Ich?, and Rid Fungus?), fish infections for which the aquatic invertebrates have been the host can now be eliminated.
 
I have not heard of Ick attacking inverts. If that is the case you will never be able clear out an infected tank. I know that the cyst and free swimming stages can be transmitted in water from an infected tank and that they can be on a coral or other object, but I have not heard that they actually attach to them. More like a speck of dust on the coffe table.
 
An ich trophont that attaches mistakenly to an invert will starve, so that's not a worry, and is why leaving a tank fallow of fish works as a way to clear out a display tank. But yes, free swimming or cysts can be carried in with the water in the bag or attached to the rubble that an invert or coral might be attached to.
 
I have never QT'd an anemone and never would. To each his own, but unless you have one heck of a QT setup as in lots of rock, great lighting, been up for months/years there is no way I would do it. They are just too fragile and if they have been shipped they are usually half dead to begin with.

No way I'd do it. I do agree that there is a CHANCE they might bring something bad along as a hitchhiker, but the same goes for live rock, snails, crabs, your whole clean up crew, etc.

I have never heard of an anemone being treated with any kind of prophylactic medication to "rid" it of disease, fungus, ich, or anything else.
 
Yup, my coral qt is well established with a 150w mh pendant and a CPR skimmer. No store or member's tank water is put in my display tank.
 
I know the answer is most likely NO, but I am going to ask...
Can anemones tolerate a short freshwater bath to reduce the chances of bringing in ich?

I am afraid my Frag/coral qt is not yet well enough established for the anemone..plus my clown looks lost without something to take care of (the last one I had decided to part this world).
 
Probably not, no. If you're really worried about it, and can't qt it, I'd acclimate the nem, then not use any of the acclimation water.
 
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