P. Hepatus opinions
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garvin90
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Well unfortunately i guess this thread(atleast for myself) is done. Yesturday (Sunday) morning i woke to find my tang had passed. Somewhat dissappointing but what was even more dissappointing was the main tank. Today I found my Niger, Yellow Tang, 2 Adult Chromis and my cleaner shrimp all dead as well. The only off chemistry there was lower ph (7.8) and a amonia of .25 however, im attributing that to the deaths. All thats left is my 2 melanopus, 4 Chromis, Scooter and Target Dragonets, 1 Bumblebee Goby, 1 Orange Spot Shrimp Goby(and pistol symbiot) and my Lawnmower Blennie. So essentially all my tiny fish have lived and my larger sized(though nothing was over 3-4 in) fish died. I have yet to see my Rainfordi Goby but its so tiny anyway...
Discouraging but not damaging to my much... I will just regroup and try again after the waters settle from so much death.
Look for my post of when i begin to quarantine for restocking!
Ray
Discouraging but not damaging to my much... I will just regroup and try again after the waters settle from so much death.
Look for my post of when i begin to quarantine for restocking!
Ray
garvin90
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All the fish in the main tank had been there over a month. I picked up my Niger end of December, the Chromis were about a few weeks before that, the Cleaner shrimps(which btw I found the other one and my Scooter expired this morning) were purchased in January. My yellow Tang I've had since September and the Scooter only 1 month after that.
Basically my system threw me back to square one almost. I've been having a ongoing battle with red slime aglae recently, would this have caused my problems?
On a happier note and somewhat OT, I just picked up a new job after being "terminated"(wheres Arnie??) from my last one. HR didnt like that i had brought one of my container pets to work. I had actually removed it 2 days before they came to "talk" to me about it... yet i was still let go.
I couldnt resist, i picked up a Siganus Uspi(Fiji, or Bicolor Rabbitfish). It will be in QT for 4 weeks... more so to make sure of water quality than anything else.
Does anyone have any suggestions for ne fish that i should get? ive been considering trying to find a pair of Blue Chin Triggers(Xanthicthys Auromarginatus).
Basically my system threw me back to square one almost. I've been having a ongoing battle with red slime aglae recently, would this have caused my problems?
On a happier note and somewhat OT, I just picked up a new job after being "terminated"(wheres Arnie??) from my last one. HR didnt like that i had brought one of my container pets to work. I had actually removed it 2 days before they came to "talk" to me about it... yet i was still let go.
I couldnt resist, i picked up a Siganus Uspi(Fiji, or Bicolor Rabbitfish). It will be in QT for 4 weeks... more so to make sure of water quality than anything else.
Does anyone have any suggestions for ne fish that i should get? ive been considering trying to find a pair of Blue Chin Triggers(Xanthicthys Auromarginatus).
Right on the tank size importance. He will need 6 feet of swimming room when he grows up. Hard to believe when they are small!
I am a firm believer that ich is not always present (2 hippos - never any ich). The problem is that most people do not quarantine EVERYTHING for at least 4 weeks before it goes into the reef. That means all fish, snails, frags... everything. Ich can be transfered in the water column or be "resting" on a frag from a fellow reefers tank.
Not always there - but easy to get it unless you are willing to really work at the QT process!
I am a firm believer that ich is not always present (2 hippos - never any ich). The problem is that most people do not quarantine EVERYTHING for at least 4 weeks before it goes into the reef. That means all fish, snails, frags... everything. Ich can be transfered in the water column or be "resting" on a frag from a fellow reefers tank.
Not always there - but easy to get it unless you are willing to really work at the QT process!
garvin90
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This tank is 75gal, and has been running since November. Half the sand and live rock however, came from my 15gal established in September.
I beat the slime stuff in my old tank once before... or i thought i did. Could i have transferred algal spores into my 75 from the old system? Ive tried water changes and doses of Maracyn(that squelched it the first time) however nothing will kill it now.
Do you think i should just hook up a airline to the tank or would that just increase the algal spread?
I want 2 210s or 240s in a corner(or side-by-side) plumbed together but, that probably wont happen for atleast 1-2 years. Dont worry, i already know the advice, "If you cant buy the tank tomorrow for the fish, you shouldnt buy the fish." - Pertaining to the triggers-
I do need some advice on the big tanks. Could i have the sides drilled for a pass through pipe from one tank to the other or would this destroy the glass's integrity? The size hole im thinking would be larger, like a 2-3 in size or so. What im looking to do is have small fishes(or other critters) pass from one system to the next. The landscape theme would be a reef setup in one tank to more of a FOWLR in the other, with the 2nd tank acting as the rocks edge with lots of open space.
I beat the slime stuff in my old tank once before... or i thought i did. Could i have transferred algal spores into my 75 from the old system? Ive tried water changes and doses of Maracyn(that squelched it the first time) however nothing will kill it now.
Do you think i should just hook up a airline to the tank or would that just increase the algal spread?
I want 2 210s or 240s in a corner(or side-by-side) plumbed together but, that probably wont happen for atleast 1-2 years. Dont worry, i already know the advice, "If you cant buy the tank tomorrow for the fish, you shouldnt buy the fish." - Pertaining to the triggers-
I do need some advice on the big tanks. Could i have the sides drilled for a pass through pipe from one tank to the other or would this destroy the glass's integrity? The size hole im thinking would be larger, like a 2-3 in size or so. What im looking to do is have small fishes(or other critters) pass from one system to the next. The landscape theme would be a reef setup in one tank to more of a FOWLR in the other, with the 2nd tank acting as the rocks edge with lots of open space.
Bret61081
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how offten do you do water changes? what type of filtration/refugium do you have? I had red smile algae starting to get out of hand and I added a 10G refugium and that took care of it along with 10G water changes weekly...and now my nitrates never go above 20 and ph stays right at 8.2-8.3
garvin90
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I usually do a 8-10(its a small bucket lol) gal water change on the weekends and the refuge is technically inside the tank. I run my system off 2 larger canister filters one set aside for carbon and such and the other containing sand and sponges. I leave my chaeto in the tank and have been raising "fern" caulerpa (cant remember the exact species). Yesturday I just add some Gracilaria, Ulva, and some sort of kelp from Indo-Pacific Sea Farms. Hopefully this will help as well.
