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Excellent pointsYou're not the problem. The problem is some people are now obsessing over this issue. Let's find some common ground:
- NOTHING is 100% effective or works 100% of the time. 100% doesn't exist. The best you can do is mitigate risks.
- You should do everything you can to bolster the health of your animals. Food soak vitamins (but not amino acids) whilst your fish are in QT, the same as you would when they're in the DT. Use frozen which contains probiotics (like LRS). If it makes you feel better, run a UV or diatom filter or oxydator in your DT (whether you QT or not).
- If you want to just passively observe in QT, at least house a few black mollies in there for disease detection: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/black-molly-quarantine.640235/
- If you want to just passively observe in QT, have all the medications you need and a hospital tank on standby just in case you need to medicate. Most fish will be dead from Velvet before Amazon can deliver in 2 days.
- Stick a small AIO in a corner, and put any new corals/inverts in there. If for no other reason than to watch for coral pests. I haven't kept SPS in awhile, but AEFW are a real PITA, and back in the old days you had to dose Interceptor to clear out these pests. (Maybe there is a better/easier way now?) But with acro frags now costing hundreds or even thousands of dollars, why risk your DT? And if you can house your corals/inverts in a fishless AIO for 6 weeks that will also protect against 99% of fish parasite tomonts. Dual purpose.