JapanReef - 450 gallon In-Wall system
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jnarowe
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Not sure. Lowering his stress level is number one. Keeping him well fed with food soaked in garlic will bolster his immune system. Then there are various medications. I find that Pimafix and melafix only work in certain situations and right now I have a Gourami that has some sort of fungus and tissue loss and those two meds have not helped.
A couple good retail sources of info. are Live Aquaria and Marine Depot. These two sites (and others) have good product descriptions that can help you weed out the meds that won't help.
I guess you really need to determine what the ailment is in the first place because the damage from fungus and parasites sometimes look similar and the treatments are very different.
A couple good retail sources of info. are Live Aquaria and Marine Depot. These two sites (and others) have good product descriptions that can help you weed out the meds that won't help.
I guess you really need to determine what the ailment is in the first place because the damage from fungus and parasites sometimes look similar and the treatments are very different.
Yea, I did a search on cloudy eye but there seems to be no definitive answer. Most posts were people saying to feed well and keep water quality good...All I know is that one eye is slightly cloudy...
On a more positive note, the crispy fish I found wasn't a Lyretail after all. It was the remaining green chromis.
On a more positive note, the crispy fish I found wasn't a Lyretail after all. It was the remaining green chromis.
But everything is looking awesome I can't wait for more pictures from your new camera. Just don't break this one as quickly. Apparition
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Hey NexDog, did the Heni's ever go into your display? If so, how are they doing? Still reef safe? Have any pics of them in the display?
Hi Jeff,
I just posted in your thread about that actually. Hope they do well.
Apparition - the 2 Heniochus went in the tank last week along with the yellow coris wrasse and the 6-Spot sleeper goby. Those Heniochus are great fish to watch. They always swim around together. They yellow coris has been adopted by the Anthias and swims around with them while the new small goby hangs around with his bigger counterpart.
The PBT still has a cloudy eye and seems to be in some discomfort. He presents himself to all the fish and I've seen the emperor angel and one of the Heniochus pecking at his sides. - quite weird. I've been careful and there no signs of Ich in the tank and the place is very peaceful so I'm hoping it will pull through.
I still have large maintenence tasks to do which will probably be tomorrow. Even though I put 40-50 gallons of fresh water in the tank as I was taking it out to equalise with the QT tank, I still want to change another 50 gallons. I need to siphon out and replace sand as I do every month and also change out the carbon in the 2 reactors (hate that job).
Ca is remaining stable with just kalk supplying. Nitrate at 3ppm, Phosphate at about 0.001 (just a faint tint of blue). I found the cause of 50-75% of my microbubbles - the bottom closed loop. I need to retape up the big sequence and hopefully I can get away without replumbing....
The place where I got my last Regal Angel got in a rare Red Sea variant. Rare because it's only 1" in size and I was told that it was eating. So I ordered it and it should be here any minute. I really do hope it's a red sea version as it's so hard to tell with juvies. I might only do this one fish on this QT cycle.
I have two corals RTNing. One was too close to the anenome and probably got stung. I moved it but looks too late. The other is this large purple colony on the middle of the right island. I put this large blue stag next to it and it fell in a few times. The stag is fine but the purple acro is 25% gone now. Should I chisel off the white sections and try and save it? I'm going to move teh stag today anyway.
Lastly, my Vortechs shipped out yesterday!
I just posted in your thread about that actually. Hope they do well.
Apparition - the 2 Heniochus went in the tank last week along with the yellow coris wrasse and the 6-Spot sleeper goby. Those Heniochus are great fish to watch. They always swim around together. They yellow coris has been adopted by the Anthias and swims around with them while the new small goby hangs around with his bigger counterpart.
The PBT still has a cloudy eye and seems to be in some discomfort. He presents himself to all the fish and I've seen the emperor angel and one of the Heniochus pecking at his sides. - quite weird. I've been careful and there no signs of Ich in the tank and the place is very peaceful so I'm hoping it will pull through.
I still have large maintenence tasks to do which will probably be tomorrow. Even though I put 40-50 gallons of fresh water in the tank as I was taking it out to equalise with the QT tank, I still want to change another 50 gallons. I need to siphon out and replace sand as I do every month and also change out the carbon in the 2 reactors (hate that job).
Ca is remaining stable with just kalk supplying. Nitrate at 3ppm, Phosphate at about 0.001 (just a faint tint of blue). I found the cause of 50-75% of my microbubbles - the bottom closed loop. I need to retape up the big sequence and hopefully I can get away without replumbing....
The place where I got my last Regal Angel got in a rare Red Sea variant. Rare because it's only 1" in size and I was told that it was eating. So I ordered it and it should be here any minute. I really do hope it's a red sea version as it's so hard to tell with juvies. I might only do this one fish on this QT cycle.
I have two corals RTNing. One was too close to the anenome and probably got stung. I moved it but looks too late. The other is this large purple colony on the middle of the right island. I put this large blue stag next to it and it fell in a few times. The stag is fine but the purple acro is 25% gone now. Should I chisel off the white sections and try and save it? I'm going to move teh stag today anyway.
Lastly, my Vortechs shipped out yesterday!
melev
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These are the tools I use.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=7560054#post7560054
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=7560054#post7560054
So how hot is too hot when it comes to the tank? My tank has been hitting 83F (28.3C) recently. I was hoping to do without a chiller but I'm not so sure now and it is going to get hotter. The air-con unit is weak though. I put a new unit in my office but I think I should have put the new unit in the tank room as it puts out some serious chill.
Is 83F too hot?
Is 83F too hot?
Joao Monteiro
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It´s a bit, but not too hot. Should not increase, though
Here in Portugal many people keep their tanks around 28ºC, specially in Springs and Summers, where it can be REALLY hot. So, for those without chiller, its difficult to keep the tanks at regular 25-26ºC (77-79 F)
If you use that temperature for a few months, all living organisms will accelerate their methabolism (right spelling ?) as a response and you may notice their faster growth. Colours may fade a bit, though. Sometimes that technik is used by some reefers.
Here in Portugal many people keep their tanks around 28ºC, specially in Springs and Summers, where it can be REALLY hot. So, for those without chiller, its difficult to keep the tanks at regular 25-26ºC (77-79 F)
If you use that temperature for a few months, all living organisms will accelerate their methabolism (right spelling ?) as a response and you may notice their faster growth. Colours may fade a bit, though. Sometimes that technik is used by some reefers.
Joao Monteiro
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I like to keep it lower, between 25.5 and 26.ºC /78-79º F (I hate this conversions..).
But nowadays with the global heating I believe that even in the reefs it should be more in the range you say
But nowadays with the global heating I believe that even in the reefs it should be more in the range you say
jeffbrig
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Laurence, my chiller is set to come on at 82, and I've had no issues running that temperature. As long as you're not seeing mass coral bleaching, I would assume that 83 is not a problem, particularly if it drops a few degrees overnight. In extended high temps, you'll start seeing coral bleaching just like in the wild.
melev
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That is about right, Laurence. As your tank gets hotter, climbing toward 85F, you'll want to make sure your oxygen levels can keep up. If it gets too hot, have your lights turn off or add some airstones to the water for your livestock.
I'm a big proponent of using fans to cool the tank, over the need for a chiller. Chillers cost money to run daily, cost a small fortune in the first place, heat up the room they are in, and it seems like they are just one more thing that can go wrong. Fans are cheap, you can set them up in many locations and use cooling evaporation to keep the tank within limits.
The only chiller I ever owned came with a tank I purchased used, and I sold it to someone else that needed it. The original owner was having issues with heat - which makes sense since they had two Magnum 350 canister filters heating up the water 24 hours a day. As soon as I removed those and ran a sump, the tank temperature dropped 6 degrees.
jnarowe
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Exhausting tank room air is a big plus too. I have two fans drawing from under the tank and blowing across the top between the water and the halides. I have another fan drawing from ceiling height at the other end of the tank and expelling outdoors. Make-up air is an open attic vent installed in the tank room wall situated under my deck.
On extremely hot days, if we were to have them
, I would open a house system vent in the tank room and push cooled air from my heat pump into the room as well. So far that has not been neccessary, and may never be. I would rather seal off that vent to completely trap noise.
On extremely hot days, if we were to have them
, I would open a house system vent in the tank room and push cooled air from my heat pump into the room as well. So far that has not been neccessary, and may never be. I would rather seal off that vent to completely trap noise.
