250000 litre pool conversion to reef tank!

[Ryan Souza]

Just read through the progression, love it!!

 

[ourcoralreef]

Ok dude ))
Were you trying to kill my inverts(?
Fresh water dip on inverts is deadly!
Thank god I did not do that.
Only 100% method would have bin to quarantine for 72 Days
Does any body do that?

im really sorry

Bad advice i should have done research before suggesting this,
for some reason i thought it was a good idea at the time

Im really glad you did your own research and didn’t kill your inverts i would have felt horrible

 

[cmcoker]

Soooo...now I need at least 3 quarantine tanks???
One for fish
One for inverts
And another if I want to add fish inverts or algae more often then 72 days????
)))...this hobby ...got to love it)!!!

You can batch the fish, so just get a large enough tank to run several through together. You don't have to quarantine a full 72, but end up getting close by the time you acclimate, ramp up copper, 30d copper, remove copper and observe. You can reduce this a little by doing 14 days copper then moving them to a clean, sterile quarantine (10 feet away) for observation.

Corals and inverts, can technically be added and removed to the quarantine system as they reach their 72 days. Since we are only worried about tomonts hatching, they can't transmit stuff to each other. But be sure to rinse them thoroughly, in case something's in the water.
I just try to coordinate my invert and coral purchases over a week or so then start the clock, I worry I would a few something up otherwise, lol.

 

[Albertastorm]

im really sorry

Bad advice i should have done research before suggesting this,
for some reason i thought it was a good idea at the time

Im really glad you did your own research and didn’t kill your inverts i would have felt horrible

Np dude
Good reminder for all of us!

 

[Albertastorm]

You can batch the fish, so just get a large enough tank to run several through together. You don't have to quarantine a full 72, but end up getting close by the time you acclimate, ramp up copper, 30d copper, remove copper and observe. You can reduce this a little by doing 14 days copper then moving them to a clean, sterile quarantine (10 feet away) for observation.

Corals and inverts, can technically be added and removed to the quarantine system as they reach their 72 days. Since we are only worried about tomonts hatching, they can't transmit stuff to each other. But be sure to rinse them thoroughly, in case something's in the water.
I just try to coordinate my invert and coral purchases over a week or so then start the clock, I worry I would a few something up otherwise, lol.

Ok great...but let me make sure I'm getting this invert quarantine tank procedure right.
I can add inverts anytime over the 72 day period and remove ones to DT that have spent 72 days in the quarantine tank?

 

[Albertastorm]

Hey....since I added copper yellow tang is not eating? Pecks away at the food but getting hollow
Was one of the more voracious eaters before copper.
Any ideas?

 

[cmcoker]

Hey....since I added copper yellow tang is not eating? Pecks away at the food but getting hollow
Was one of the more voracious eaters before copper.
Any ideas?

What's your copper level and how long did it take you to get there?

 

[Albertastorm]

What's your copper level and how long did it take you to get there?

Well depending on what light I hold sample in copper level is between .25 and .5. Ramped up over 3 days.

 

[cmcoker]

What type of copper are you using?

 

[Albertastorm]

What type of copper are you using?

Yes...just copper right now!
Also spg of 1.014
As below.

 

[mattgsa]

Just finished all all 19 pages, great build so far.

 

[cmcoker]

@Humblefish, is the specific gravity of 1.014 gonna cause an issue with the cupramine. Think I've read it can be troublesome but don't know...

Personally I would do one or the other but let's see what humblefish recommends.

Have you tried different foods?

 

[Albertastorm]

@Humblefish, is the specific gravity of 1.014 gonna cause an issue with the cupramine. Think I've read it can be troublesome but don't know...

Personally I would do one or the other but let's see what humblefish recommends.

Have you tried different foods?

I read that hypo salinity was supposed to make it easy on fish because of osmotic gradient being less and would help fish conserve recourses to fight ick etc.

I have tried a couple of foods!

 

[Albertastorm]

Is the cost analysis that apex provides for power per hour or per day?
Ok ...think its per day...return pump..108 watts...at 3.7 cents per kWh...telling me 10 cents per day
But that cant be right??? This Jebao pump moves 360000 litres of water per day for 10 cents???

 

[Humblefish]

@Humblefish, is the specific gravity of 1.014 gonna cause an issue with the cupramine. Think I've read it can be troublesome but don't know...

I wouldn't run it all the way up to 0.5 ppm at that salinity; 0.35-0.4 would be safer.

More info: http://www.seachem.com/support/forums/forum/general-discussion/2385-cupramine-and-salinity

 

[Albertastorm]

I wouldn't run it all the way up to 0.5 ppm at that salinity; 0.35-0.4 would be safer.

More info: http://www.seachem.com/support/forums/forum/general-discussion/2385-cupramine-and-salinity

Thank you very much Sir! I did not add copper after my morning water change so should be in that lower range.

 

[RamsReef]

Edmonton Reefer here...

Take @Humblefish advice...

I use chloroquine phosphate for my QT for 30 days, then I switch to 2 rounds of API General Cure... This gives me copper, prazi, metro.

I QT my coral and inverts in one tank for 30 days, I'm not going to do 74 but you can.

My DT isn't set up yet but I have these QT running while I'm renoing.

Make sure you keep your copper consistent as I see you have a lot of fish in your QT and are probably going to be doing lots of water changes.

If you need help you can contact me on here, I can also add you to the Edmonton Reef FB group as well, the information here is better, but you get connected to the local community, which is helpful in times of need...

Ram

 

[Albertastorm]

Edmonton Reefer here...

Take @Humblefish advice...

I use chloroquine phosphate for my QT for 30 days, then I switch to 2 rounds of API General Cure... This gives me copper, prazi, metro.

I QT my coral and inverts in one tank for 30 days, I'm not going to do 74 but you can.

My DT isn't set up yet but I have these QT running while I'm renoing.

Make sure you keep your copper consistent as I see you have a lot of fish in your QT and are probably going to be doing lots of water changes.

If you need help you can contact me on here, I can also add you to the Edmonton Reef FB group as well, the information here is better, but you get connected to the local community, which is helpful in times of need...

Ram

Yes. Lots of fish in quarantine. Small fish...20% water change everyday!
Complete bacterial infusion every day...full body messages ...mud baths with ...powdered black pearls, rubbed with hot jade stones and wrapped in coca leaves!
Would love to belong to local group!
Please pm!

 

[Albertastorm]

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[Albertastorm]

I'm sorry..I have tenacy to get carried away))!!!