Losing fish and hating it.
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TinaFoster
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I wish I'd known you wanted to try metro. I have a lot of it from cichlid days! Haven't read where it helps saltwater ich tho so never tried it.
angrycubano
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dang dude. I'm sorry. I feel ya bro as I've lost a couple of fish in the past couple of weeks. Hang in there
Abiathar
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I feel for you. I've been lucky and not had any issues with disease since my freshwater days growing up. I remember treating the fish then with something from the pet store, but I've slept many times since and couldn't tell you what it was. If you haven't thought of it already, make sure to have some PVC pipes and elbows in the QT for the fish to hide. I've never ran even a bowl of sand in a QT tank, so I can't help you there, but agree that any dry/dead reef sand should be fine.
Steve
Steve
orthokardia
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sorry about the fish man! I have used herbtana before and it worked well. also smells great!
Dowtish
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I started to use it Bart, but you have to run your tank without the skimmer for 10 day, and I have bio-pellets running. After 5 days I decided to stop and still had to wait 4 days before the skimmer wouldnt over flow. Didnt want to take a chance and make things worse with bad water params.
LeoLionFish
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Chris - if you need help with anything just let me know. I am available most of the time.
angrycubano
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Nah. My wrasse went in the sand and stayed there for days and wouldn't eat. My diamond goby first stopped sand sifting one day and then I got home and he was belly up.
Dowtish
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Currently I have the 55 gallon up and running. I have not lost anymore fish at the moment. The yellow tang looks awful as do the clowns. But they are hanging in there. I installed the UV sterilizer and hope to receive my order in the next day or so. I ordered a sponge filter to add in combination the hang on the back filter that has filter floss type sponge block in it. I also have a new reliable eheim heater and salifert copper test and 2 bottles of cupramine on the way. I have to go out of town for work unfortunately til late Wed. So Thursday will probably be the day I start to transfer every fish over to the hospital tank.
Kevan, I might need to borrow your tubs again. I don't have a lot of confidence that I'm going to be able to catch all the fish in the fish trap. Because the clowns are in hiding and not eating real well.
Kevan, I might need to borrow your tubs again. I don't have a lot of confidence that I'm going to be able to catch all the fish in the fish trap. Because the clowns are in hiding and not eating real well.
TinaFoster
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Guess who also had extra sponge filters and HOB filters?
If you need any help just yell. Loud.
If you need any help just yell. Loud.
Dowtish
5000 Club Member
The sponge filter was $7 so I just went ahead and go it. I have like 3 hang on the back filters, and I really wanted a reliable heater, instead of the little cheap ones I had lying around.
Here's a question folks: If you can't have live rock or any substrate in a hospital tank, then it is suggested to use a sponge filter to keep bacteria in the tank. But copper kills nitrifying bacteria, so what's the point?
Here's a question folks: If you can't have live rock or any substrate in a hospital tank, then it is suggested to use a sponge filter to keep bacteria in the tank. But copper kills nitrifying bacteria, so what's the point?
TinaFoster
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You're correct--there is no point. The tank will not have bacteria period. You'll just keep doing water changes to keep ammonia down, and the sponge filter's benefit is more the air than anything, plus the fact that it catches small bits of dirt. The air is the most important thing you can provide, since medications deplete the oxygen supply, and ammonia buildup, if any, also is smothering.
