Blue tang with ich
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There good for about 1 yr as long as they don't dry out however you may not want to reuse them because it does pose a risk of ick encysting on the surface of it. I place my just bellow the water line in my qt and I will reuse them because I feel the risk is extremely small on that piece of equipment
JustinM
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Fish are important yes. If you don’t really have any coral, there really isn’t much you need to do. Nitrifying bacteria will live for years without waste. There are a few products that add nitrate to your tank as well. Seachem makes one that contains potassium nitrate and I believe you can buy liquid stump remover too.
Only have a bit of gsp well maybe not a bit anymore took over a 5-10 lb rock about ten mushrooms and some Xenia
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Tripod1404
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You can ghost feed your tank once a week. Or feed your corals once a week.
About 15' away. Didn't even think of that. So what's the deal with equipment or buckets or nets. So I put my siphon hose in the bucket I used to drain the tank for a weather change. And put my net in there. Now that **** won't be used for my dt. Is there a way to clean copper out? Best to get two sets?
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What do you mean by feed the corals? Now that you say that I remember seeing a mushroom eating a mysis shrimp. Or just grabbed it. Was amusing to watch.
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fishkeeprian
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No sure sure how to clean copper out but I do use a 10-1 ratio of bleach and water to sterilise my equipment between ttm get two sets of QT equipment, one to use and one on stand by clean and sterilised. I leave equipment to air dry complete before use or use a hair dryer to aid drying time.
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So since the upgrade I used a lot of new water. And I assume the tank is somewhat recycling itself again? Starting to see some nice purple spots again. But I see it bit of brown in places again. Skimmer had a hay day last two days now today not much skim mate
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fish head 22
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I have a 150 gallon tank that I have had for years. All my fish went through quarantine and copper treatment before going to display. These fish have been with me for years. When I added a new fish lately that also went through quarantine, my powder blue and hippo get upset and show what looks like ICH. After they adjust to the new fish, ICH like spots disappear. I don't think it's ICH at all as their are no I'll effects? Just my observation [emoji16]
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fish head 22
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My tang that I'm treated acted healthy and never rubbed just swam and acted like a tang. But still was ich, not sure about yours, from what people have told me it can stay dormant and only show when a fish is stressed.
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fishkeeprian
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Not sure about dormant. It's a living thing and needs food all the basics of a living creature. It must of been present in you tank maybe surviving off you other fish but because your tang was stressed and it's immune system and slim coat was reduced it managed to latch on.
If it didnt have access to food I. E your fish it would of been wiped out. Hence you remove the fish from the tank to eradicate it. Basically starving it out.
