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Best of luck, keep me posted i want to know how it turns out.
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Gigs: My yellow zoanthids were sold as "Zoanthid sp." So I can't tell you more...
About budget: I have been able to build my RSM with just a bit more of $2000. It is not fully stocked yet, but soon. I have tried to be reasonable when picking specimens and I have not "upgraded" too much in the tank.
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ok i will!
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ANOTHER NEW RSM OWNER
Just got my son and I a RSM up and running for christmas... Got first half of my live rock and live sand package from TBS and everything seems to be going swimmingly....
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stephensturman - I think it was Donna that recommended "Medic" by Polyp lab for a reef safe ich treatment. I'm not sure if she's had experience with it or not.
SpiderCrab2 - welcome to the RSM Club! I'm sure you & your son will enjoy a reef tank. Good luck with it, and if you have any questions there are enough RSM owners in here that will certainly try to help. Let us know how it goes.
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stephensturman - I did the garlic thing for about 6 weeks, and IT WORKED for all those non-believers. I just put 3 drops of garlic in a bowl with about two TBS of tank water, put in a brine shrimp cube. Let it thaw and stew for 10 minutes, and then just put it in the tank. It confuses the new ich because it makes the fish not taste like a fish, and this is what they are looking for. It is COMPLETELY reef safe, and for the risk to all of the rest of your tank with those "reef safe meds", what's the hurt? If you have a loop for a chiller or anythhing like that, it wouldn't hurt to add a UV sterilizer to kill the free swimmers. I did all of this, didn't lose a fish or coral, and have been ich free for 3 months.
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"Reefsafe" Treatments are hit and miss at best. One thing you can be sure of is that they will make your skimmer go nuts. I am now a believer in garlic as a "cure " and a preventative. If caught early enough and if it is ich. Clowns are also prone to Marine Velvet which is far more contagious and deadly than ich. It looks like a fine white powder on the entire fish compared to the salt crystals of ich. I am not convinced that garlic will treat Velvet. To use garlic put a few drops into a bowl with water and soak your food in it for 20 to 30 minutes and then feed your tank. Increase your feedings to several times per day because a fat well-fed fish is a healthy fish. I did this exact thing about a month ago for a tang that had ich and was possibly exposing the other 15 fish in my 90. No other fish got ich and the tang was "cured" in about a week. Increasing the feedings is important so keep on eye on your chemistry. Also, it is important to remember that your tank (all of your tanks) have ich in them if there are fish in them. Its the health of the fish that keeps the ich under control. Good food, good chemistry and stable conditions = healthy, ich-free fish (in most cases).
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reefsr4me, lpsluver - do you two add the liquid with the food, or try to strain the liquid off first? I wonder if adding garlic to the tank itself would have any benefit at all.
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Tank update... The algae is losing, and the fuge is to thank...
This is an FTS from day86, 3 days before the refugium was added. At this point I was doing water changes once to twice a week and pulling algae as I went: Here is an FTS from today. Not only is the pest algae under control (still more to go, but much better), but we are on almost 2 weeks without a water change or algae prune due to the holidays (doing one today). I am certainly a believer in refugiums, my cheato has grown from the size of the soap dish, to almost the size of the refugium, it will be pruned today as well. For the refugium, I have been turning the cheato every 3 days to keep it well lit on all sides. I am feeding my tank 2-3 times per day, and add DTs once per week. |
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I have used Polyp Lab Medic once, and it was successful. (not in my RSM) However, I would try the garlic 'marinade' first. I do feed with the Formula 2 sinking pellets every other day now, too.
Never add livestock to a tank that has obvious signs of ich. Good Luck. Iostream, your tank is looking so much better! Great job & perseverance! When things go right it's a thrill! Welcome SpiderCrab2 and son! You'll make lots of good friends here and gain invaluable knowledge & experience. ENJOY! Brent, we live in Medicine Hat!! We shop at 3 stores in Calgary for a lot of our tank additions.
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Iostream - the tank is sure looking better!!! On the garlic, I assumed it had to be eaten to become a "part" of the fish, but was wondering if those mixing the garlic with food and water are putting in everything or trying to strain off the liquid somehow. If it's all added that's what had me wondering if the garlic in the water, as well as what gets eaten, might somehow have any beneficial effect.
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Mack, All of the "garlic-soak" is added to the tank. What isn't taken up by the food has some benefit, although I am not sure I can say exactly what. The benefit is not long term as your skimmer will eventually remove it all.
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Thanks lpsluver. I'll assume the tank doesn't smell like an Italian restaurant for too long
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Anyone know what this might be below the xenia in the center of the picture? I assume some sort of macro, but I have not been able to locate it.
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Iostream -- I have some of that on a rock as well, I would like to know what it is also.
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I've seen it before, and I do think it's a macro. If I can figure out where I saw it I'll be back with info.
Edit - I actually found it. Using this link go down the page to "Scroll Algae" - I think it's one of those types. http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/g.../algaepage.htm Thank goodness I bookmark some of these things!
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lol i have scroll algea also! and i did start soaking my food in garlic today. i also did a fresh water dip to all my fish. my diatoms are receding and everything seems to be doing great. we will see how my clown does. and as far as i know it was not my tank that had the ich it was the 1 clown that came in the last ora shipment my lfs got. he has been eating healthy and alot. they are also eating out of my hand now
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stephensturman -- When was the last time you were down at AZSeabottom? Did the tanks look better? Are the fish back from quarantine? I don't want to drive 100 miles round trip if his tanks are still "Death Tanks"
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they will be death tanks for a while! i was there a couple days ago. and i know what u mean i wouldn't drive there if my work wasn't 5 min away but from home i would just drive to aquarium arts. and the girl that works there is very good looking
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Congrats on the scroll algae stephensturman. Sounds like several have it. I'm guessing it's not a bad macro to have, but I don't really know. Good that you treated the fish, and are doing the garlic food - you may not have had ich in the tank to start, but if that fish has it then you've introduced it in your tank now. It sounds like you've caught it early so maybe you can get it killed off quickly. Good news on the tank maturing too! How did the fish do in the FW dip?
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the fish did fine and not even stressed they both ate about 10 mins after completed.
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That's great Stephen!
I was just searching on Ebay and found the perfect chair to sit in while viewing the tank: http://cgi.ebay.com/THE-BEST-DECORAT...QQcmdZViewItem Someone else can bid on it!
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