Help! Purchased Flame Angel and I'm pretty sure it has ICH!

[gjustinj]

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sps (colored sticks) small-polyp-stony, very touchy, bleeding edge of reefing. Eat mostly light.
lps (fluffy corals with stony bodies) large-polyp-stony, pretty forgiving if kept at the parameters I recommend above.
Softies, corals with no stony body, forgiving but tending to spit discouraging chemicals at near neighbors. Running carbon to absorb these is a good idea.

Thanks Sk8r!

Here is a pic of my setup (testing the photobucket thing) (Protein Skimmer replacement should be here in the next few days)

 

[Sk8r]

THat's a lovely setup. Good rockwork. Put your lps coral in the center under the light, and a few species of it that don't take so much light over toward the edges. I'm using Radion Pro at 75% at the moment, but with a new coral, you'll want to ask how it's being lit when you acquire it, then use either raising/lowering it to adjust, or adjust the lighting intensity. In general, once you find a good spot, use superglue to fix it firmly in place so that it won't wobble in the current.

 

[gjustinj]

THat's a lovely setup. Good rockwork. Put your lps coral in the center under the light, and a few species of it that don't take so much light over toward the edges. I'm using Radion Pro at 75% at the moment, but with a new coral, you'll want to ask how it's being lit when you acquire it, then use either raising/lowering it to adjust, or adjust the lighting intensity. In general, once you find a good spot, use superglue to fix it firmly in place so that it won't wobble in the current.

Thank you! You use superglue? My lighting is at 100%, but it is also a smaller light than what is suggested for my tank and raised a little higher to spread it so I don't think they get that much from it that's why i pushed them off a little closer to the edges in case it was too much heat or light.

which one is the LPS?
Coral 1= Duncan
Coral 2= zoanthids

 

[heathlindner25]

I would pull the rocks away from side glass. And a trio of clowns rarely ever works out.

 

[gjustinj]

I would pull the rocks away from side glass. And a trio of clowns rarely ever works out.

The rocks aren't touching the glass, and were put on the aquarium glass first before the sand went down. Are you concerned they are going to hurt the glass? Just want to understand the reason you'd pull those away. The middle rocks are glued together using JB under water glue.

There are a total of 4 clowns (two pairs)

 

[heathlindner25]

The rocks aren't touching the glass, and were put on the aquarium glass first before the sand went down. Are you concerned they are going to hurt the glass? Just want to understand the reason you'd pull those away. The middle rocks are glued together using JB under water glue.

There are a total of 4 clowns (two pairs)

If you only want one viewing pane (front) , then leave them be. I like three viewing panes. That will require your hand getting all the way down to the sand to clean the glass.
And I would return two of the clownfish before they mature.

 

[gjustinj]

If you only want one viewing pane (front) , then leave them be. I like three viewing panes. That will require your hand getting all the way down to the sand to clean the glass.
And I would return two of the clownfish before they mature.

What do you think of the magic float things that use a magnet to clean the glass inside in harder to reach areas?

 

[heathlindner25]

What do you think of the magic float things that use a magnet to clean the glass inside in harder to reach areas?

I use them, but you still want to reach down there.

 

[gjustinj]

I use them, but you still want to reach down there.

Yea I think my tank is given off an optical illusion because i can easily fit in my hands between all the rocks on each side of the aquarium

So was that the only concern?

As far as clowns go - I purchased the clowns from the same clutch or whatever they told me so they should be fine, unless two try to become a female - that was my understanding, is this true?

 

[heathlindner25]

My only concern was that you can clean your glass.

One of my tanks in which I put the Rocks too close to the glass.

 

[gjustinj]

My only concern was that you can clean your glass.

Thanks, there is maybe one little piece of rock that makes it hard to get down in that one section, but i have a found that taken the little scrubby off my typical long reach scrubber helps me get in there by hand.

Thanks!

 

[gjustinj]

My only concern was that you can clean your glass.

One of my tanks in which I put the Rocks too close to the glass.

I see the coral seemed to grow and trap it against the glass making it hard to clean it. Nice looking tank though - I'm scared of those corals you got in there, that one pink thing I saw at the store you have on there is really awesome looking but also one of the hardest to care for so I stayed away from it.

 

[heathlindner25]

You're probably thinking of an Elegance Coral, extremely difficult and best left in the ocean.
In the picture that is a bubble Coral, extremely easy if you can keep your tank stable.

 

[gjustinj]

You're probably thinking of an Elegance Coral, extremely difficult and best left in the ocean.
In the picture that is a bubble Coral, extremely easy if you can keep your tank stable.

Isn't that toxic? What do I need to do make sure my 'coral' levels are good - another test kit? are there strips for quick tests? etc?

 

[heathlindner25]

Don't eat them and you will be fine. You really need high quality test kits for: Ca,KH,Mg,NO3 and PO4.
You are trying to keep very sensitive animals happy.

 

[Tripod1404]

The LFS tells me to stay off of these forums and that their fish live for years and sometimes over a decade or longer with the systems they use. My fish store says they do not run copper through their system at all. Wet Pets has been great to me, despite everything else all the fish I got from them were healthy and had no problems.

Is this the same lfs that said you should buy cleaner wrasse for ich? Any LFS who thinks s/he knows better than a full forum of people should also know that cleaner wrasses are near impossible to keep alive and doesn't eat ich . Or as he called it ich eggs, which is completely wrong since ich is not even an animal but a protozoa.

 

[heathlindner25]

I use red sea pro kit for the big three, and salifert for nitrates and phosphates.

 

[Tripod1404]

Thanks Sk8r!

Here is a pic of my setup (testing the photobucket thing) (Protein Skimmer replacement should be here in the next few days)

Nice tank by the way.

 

[heathlindner25]

Nice tank by the way.

I agree.

 

[gjustinj]

Is this the same lfs that said you should buy cleaner wrasse for ich? Any LFS who thinks s/he knows better than a full forum of people should also know that cleaner wrasses are near impossible to keep alive and doesn't eat ich . Or as he called it ich eggs, which is completely wrong since ich is not even an animal but a protozoa.

Yep.