barramundi
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Sorry to hear about the acro nudies that would send me nuts. I've sent you a pm as me and a few sps keeper mates are wondering do you send to North Queensland 
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FloformAustria
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:spin2::celeb1:
awesome!!
awesome!!
xeniabelgium
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These r the culprits
had them a few years ago.
whipped them out with Ripercol.
dosed it to my system for 1hour without skimming. After that i start filtering on active carbon and the skimmer back on.
(works great on flatworms to.)
then watch your system so you can notice the life circle of the nudis and repeat the treatment.
just don't use when there are shrimps etc in the system.
it is important to filter on active carbon.
the nudis release a lot of 'poison' when the are killed by the Ripercol.
Sacha
karimwassef
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I love the dark blue. Can you show it with polyps out?
Spslvr
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Thank you sacha ill give it a go, thr life cycle is a bit of a hard one, its not straight forward and its almost as if the eggs lay dormant until something activates them, we though mabe heat???
Spslvr
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karimwassef
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what else does Ripercol kill? Would it kill the pods, crabs and starfish in a full reef with live rock?
I had never heard of them before. This thread went from inspirational to educational really fast!
Nick, you mentioned a sister operation at a University, is this something they might research or are they looking solely at the aquaculture procedure? Since you are dealing with wild collected brood stock it might attract some attention from agencies.
I really wish I don't have to build something similar but it's great news that it's working. Fairly straight forward to build but, did you use plans and/or calculations or trial and error to size properly?
One last request, love when you post pics, can you also post the name of the coral or what you think it is when you are not certain? Besides being an acro newbie, it's pretty cool to compare the sunlit coloration to that of a tanks.
karimwassef
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Very cool! must be nice to live in a tropical zone that doesn't freeze
FloformAustria
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now thats a nice idea!!
@karimwassef:
thats what i was thinking too... outside 4°C... for now^^
DivingTheWorld
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I know you guys use NSW so perhaps you don't monitor it, but I'm curious what salinity you run the farm at. I know it can vary throughout the world and just wondering what you guys use.
xeniabelgium
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could be for sure.
many lifeforms do react on temp changes for reproduction.
my system temp is pretty stable so i can not confirm that.
i know that they came in the system from an import i did.
sacha
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xeniabelgium
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@ karimwassef:
i did not had any bad reaction on the starfish and bristle starfish i keep.
i use it on a full reef with rocks.
the Ripercol itself does not kill the shrimp and pods.
it is the dying of the nudis that releases there body fluid that causes some poison reaction that is bad for shrimp, pods and even fish if you don't start filtering on active carbon.
if you want to use Ripercol you have to follow things up and react properly.
it do works for me.
sacha
i did not had any bad reaction on the starfish and bristle starfish i keep.
i use it on a full reef with rocks.
the Ripercol itself does not kill the shrimp and pods.
it is the dying of the nudis that releases there body fluid that causes some poison reaction that is bad for shrimp, pods and even fish if you don't start filtering on active carbon.
if you want to use Ripercol you have to follow things up and react properly.
it do works for me.
sacha
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Spslvr
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The active ingredient appears to me levimisole, can you tell me the dosage please....
Spslvr
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Sg is pretty stable on a dollar twenty six lol
Spslvr
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No plans we did start up with crates but found the air was not penetrating deep enough and the water in the middle was not being cooled so now we have opted for a tall and skinny tower..... Much more efficient
karimwassef
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Yes... I would like to know this too. There are several deworming agents like Levimisole HCL, Fenbendazole, Ivermectin, Pyrantel, etc....
http://www.revivalanimal.com/articles/active-ingredients-in-wormers.html
I found some sources for Levimisole HCL
http://subquaria.com/Levamisole-HCl-Powder
http://www.jefferspet.com/products/prohibit-levisole-powder-52-g
https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30e0794a-7b6a-11d5-a192-00b0d0204ae5&sfb=1
http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/agrilabs-prohibit-soluble-drench-powder-levamisole-52-gm
I think the different agents have different side effects. I depend on lots of good worms in my reef, so I'm cautious with mass deaths of biofauna around my corals.
so... dosage?
xeniabelgium
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first time i dose 5ml on 1000L
second time 7,5ml on 1000L
shortly after dosing you can see the effect instantly.
flatworms running around like crazy, curling up and start floating.
i think you can use any agents with the active ingredient Levimisol.
some wil have a higher percentage of active Levimisol than the other.
about the side effects, with Ripercol i did not had any.
can't tell if other agents wil have bad side effects.
sacha
xeniabelgium
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with all treatments you do, you wil kill good stuf to.
that's why i made a point for the filtration over active carbon and good skimming after the dosing.
between dosing and restart filtering i go for 30min max.
keep pumps running, just shut of the skimmer for 30min max.
sacha
that's why i made a point for the filtration over active carbon and good skimming after the dosing.
between dosing and restart filtering i go for 30min max.
keep pumps running, just shut of the skimmer for 30min max.
sacha
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