Coralife SS pump question/dilemma

[crny1]

Well my pump went bad on my 125 SS and after a week long battle to try and find a replacement pump for it (thru coralife) i am now being told the they are out of them and it will be 3 to 4 weeks till they get them in stock to get out to the distibutors which will probably add another week.
Now my dilemma.......... I have been infested with flat worms and need to use flatworm exit on it SOON but i cant without a skimmer! So... Is there another pump that anyone on here is familiar with that i could get to use instead of the stock piece of crap that comes with the SS? I was not terrible impressed with the stock pump to begin with anyway. Any help would be appreciated cause i really dont want to spend the money on a new skimmer at the moment but if you all dont have any suggestions i might just have to break down and do it. thanks in advance.

Wes

 

[geoxman]

It is a 500-600 GPH Rio pump that can be found all over the place. You could always go with a bigger better pump and mod the impeller with mesh or gutter guard. good luck

 

[crny1]

So if you were gonna replace your pump (if you had one of these) from the stock one then what size of rio would you go with if you were to upsize it?

 

[geoxman]

I would go with a gen-x or if you went with a rio then a 1700. I think you skimmer had a 1400. good luck

 

[chadfarmer]

how far from st charles are you?

i have a skimmer you can borrow

 

[crny1]

Well i am about an hour north of STL but i am in champaign Il till tomorrow late afternoon. I might take you up on the offer to borrow a skimmer. The whole flatworm deal is what is bothering me as i am not really aware of what damage they can do. Guess i should get off my butt and search. I need to come that way to get some flatworm exit cause i have called everyone up in this area and they dont carry it. So i figure GWA or MS has it. We just dont have any SW specific stores up here in my neck of the woods.

 

[jwalters103]

you can use fwe without a skimmer. i ran skimmerless for probably 5 years and had to treat for flatworms a couple times during that time period. just use lots of carbon afterwards and be ready for a good water change

 

[JxMetal]

I think you're supposed to have the skimmer off when using FWE anyways.

 

[crny1]

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Flatworm eXit itself is quite safe to fish and invertebrates. However, the body juice of flatworms can be toxic to some reef inhabitants when present in a too high concentration. This body juice is sometimes excreted when flatworms die.

So when you use this product it is important to do the following first:

Siphon out as many flatworms as possible.
Keep sufficient fresh activated carbon in a canister ready.
Turn off UV, ozone and remove activated carbon. Keep the skimmer turned on.
Important remarks

Below given remarks are a.o. meant to reduce the amount of the flatworm`s toxic body juices in the water.

Many people have treated their reef tank(s) successfully using Flatworm eXit without any problems. The most important factors are reducing the number of flatworms before commencing with the treatment and reducing the amount of the flatworm`s body juice, released when they die, as fast as possible.

Do not underestimate the number of flatworms in your system. In a few cases a significant number of flatworms can be hiding in, for example, crevices. Blow in such and any other potential hiding places, water, to blow any flatworm out of there. For that purpose you can use a powerhead or a turkey baster. Siphon out those flatworms as well.

Furthermore, do not underestimate the amount of toxic body-juices these flatworms can excrete. This can be reduced significantly by really siphoning out the flatworms before commencing with the treatment. Further significant reduction is accomplished by siphoning out as many dead flatworms as you can.

Any body juice released by the dead flatworms in the water has to be reduced further by using about 1 pound of fresh high quality carbon for every 50 gallons. The carbon has to be used in a canister with a sufficient forced water flow.

Take sufficient time for treating the tank. That is, do not treat your tank in a hurry. Also, take time to monitor your tank for at least 6 hours after the treatment.

It is also wise to have at least 25% water ready for a water change if required.

Dosage:

Read all the above text before commencing with the treatment!
1 drop for every 4 liters or 1 gallon
The dropper contains approx. 300 drops (10ml). The dropper cap holds approx. 90 drops. So 1 cap full is good for 360 liters or 90 gallons.

Add it in a high flow area of the tank. If you want to treat a refugium only and if it`s volume is too small for using a powerhead then mixing should be done manually.
It should start to work within 30 minutes.
If within 45 minutes no visible death of flatworms occurs add 50% more.
As soon as the flatworms start to die, commence with the activated carbon to take out any toxic body juices. Also see the above given important remarks.
After an hour or so you can turn any UV or ozone on again.

 

[crny1]

says to keep skimmer turned on

 

[JxMetal]

very easy to use, just follow directions. Works like a charm