Mark's 180 Starfire upgrade
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The Aqua C Reactor is great so far. It took me less than 48 hours to get my alk steady at 9. Once the corals start getting comfortable in the system and start using some more alk, I will bump it up to 10. I do not want to stress them out anymore as they have been through a lot.
I am running it by a straight bubble count and no PH monitor. I have one from my last set up, but this time around I am trying to go without the clicking solenoid on and off. The probes need to be replaced every 12 months and recalibrated every 4-6. I am just trying to set thing up as easy as I can as I am tired and I want less things that can fail.
I am running it by a straight bubble count and no PH monitor. I have one from my last set up, but this time around I am trying to go without the clicking solenoid on and off. The probes need to be replaced every 12 months and recalibrated every 4-6. I am just trying to set thing up as easy as I can as I am tired and I want less things that can fail.
I am right at 1 b/m on my CO2. Alk is a preference and what you like to keep it at. I have had better results when my alk is at 10ish. Burnt tips has to deal with fluctations in alkalinity, so yes, I have had them. Can you imagine all these corals in a 90? The reactor just could not keep up with the 1.5 alk use per day.
kdblove_99
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Damn PE! I tried for an Hour to catch my flame hawk and flame angel as i think they both contribute to my no PE
Great Pics!
Those Valentines days were some of the nicest i have seen. wanted like $40 a polyp unless you bought more than 1 then i think it was $30
Great Pics!
Those Valentines days were some of the nicest i have seen. wanted like $40 a polyp unless you bought more than 1 then i think it was $30
Even though many of these corals look good to the eye and the lens, I am far from out of the woods. I chopped up two pieces today as they have thin tissue and start RTN'n inside the branches; touchy...touchy.
Here is a picture of my LE Blue polyp'd monti cap. I wanted to document this particular coral to watch it come back with a vengence. Notice the few brown polyps towards the base
Here is a picture of my LE Blue polyp'd monti cap. I wanted to document this particular coral to watch it come back with a vengence. Notice the few brown polyps towards the base
I woke up this morning to see that the PBT was not getting any better, in fact, it was only looking worse. All the fish are eating, but I decided that I would have to get the PBT out of the tank and into QT.
5 hours later I had the reef put back together. I have a tangless tank. I have no tang
The rosy scales started to show some signs yesterday or the day before and the magnificent started showing today. It is pretty cool to watch the cleaner wrasse clean the magnificent. How many cleaner shrimps is to many? I have three and a fire shrimp, but I was thinking a dozen more :lol)
A buddy of mine brought over a 20 gallon tonight. I threw in a couple heaters, a nanostream, a biowheel and in went the PBT. I brough the salinity down a little and I turned up the temp a bit as well. I had some medication laying around so I threw some of that in there too. What do you guys do in QT for ich?
It has been three days and the spotted kole tang is eating and doing much better. I should be recieving a tank mate for him this week.
5 hours later I had the reef put back together. I have a tangless tank. I have no tang
The rosy scales started to show some signs yesterday or the day before and the magnificent started showing today. It is pretty cool to watch the cleaner wrasse clean the magnificent. How many cleaner shrimps is to many? I have three and a fire shrimp, but I was thinking a dozen more :lol)
A buddy of mine brought over a 20 gallon tonight. I threw in a couple heaters, a nanostream, a biowheel and in went the PBT. I brough the salinity down a little and I turned up the temp a bit as well. I had some medication laying around so I threw some of that in there too. What do you guys do in QT for ich?
It has been three days and the spotted kole tang is eating and doing much better. I should be recieving a tank mate for him this week.
Maximus
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I would do a hyposalinity treatment for ick. Gradually lower the sg to 1.009 over a period of around 3-4 days. You must leave it a minimum of 4-6 weeks for the ick to be gone completely. Believe me, it takes a lot of patience. I can't believe I did this treatment on my midas blenny as I am the poster child for being impatient. It worked great however.
cbui2
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sorry to hear about the PBT, but we all know that boy is the hardest one to keep but will be very rewarding in the end with its beautiful colors. here's how mine was done, PBT was QT full 6 weeks in hypo along with desjardini then added to main display. two weeks later added orange shoulder, yellow tang and foxface, two more weeks added blue spotted kole and pair blue jaw triggers along with other small fishes in between. once when all the tangs was added they started to fight and sure enough ICH came back and covered the PBT for 2 whole months, all i did was mixed zoecon, selcon and garlic extreme to nori every other day for past 4 months along heavy feeding 3-4 daily did the job and PBT is now ICH free. before i panic and removed the fishes from display causing more stressed chasing after them so i left them in there and hope for the best.
Thanks Sang and Bart. I was hoping you chime in Bart. The fish are all eating, but the PBT was the worst and I think it is the magnet that is causing everyone else's immune systems to be overstressed.
I guess it will be a couple of days until the spotted Kole tang was scheduled for tank placement. I will be placing a Acanthurus and a Ctenochaetus for sure and I am having second thoughts about the PBT. The Acanthurus will be here on Wed; any advice what I should do with these fish. The Ctenochaetus (SKT) is in a seperate QT than the PBT.
Anyone have a good read on the life cycle of Cryptocaryon irritans? If I remember right, its 14 days.
I guess it will be a couple of days until the spotted Kole tang was scheduled for tank placement. I will be placing a Acanthurus and a Ctenochaetus for sure and I am having second thoughts about the PBT. The Acanthurus will be here on Wed; any advice what I should do with these fish. The Ctenochaetus (SKT) is in a seperate QT than the PBT.
Anyone have a good read on the life cycle of Cryptocaryon irritans? If I remember right, its 14 days.
eagleONE
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Hey Mark, I have some selcon and garlic stuff if you want to use some.
I agree with Maximus. Hypo takes forever.... Even after you bring the salinity down, you have to take the time to slowly bring it back up.
I don't know if Cupramine is good idea with tangs. I'd look into that.
I agree with Maximus. Hypo takes forever.... Even after you bring the salinity down, you have to take the time to slowly bring it back up.
I don't know if Cupramine is good idea with tangs. I'd look into that.
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