Chaetomorpha
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Im a fairly new aquarist so trying to learn as much as possible. You can see some of the basics about my tank in my sig:
Anyway tank has been up for 2 months, I purchased a tang from a LFS that brought with it ich and died the next day (it flashed next day and died, LFS had an ich outbreak and I was stupid enough to buy from him).
I went ahead and purchased a 25W emperor aquatics sterilizer to "help" control the ich. I know it doesnt cure it.
Here is my first question on setup:
I have it setup with 1/2 hose being fed from my MAG 7 - This is my first problem here, my temp in my tank has gone up by 1.5 degrees since adding the Mag 7 is there a different pump that doesnt add so much heat that I should use?
2. I have it setup so it feeds water from my drain retun in my sump to the UV and the cleaned water returns in the SAME sump area near my skimmer intake - Is this a bad idea? obviously you can understand why I would have it where the drain is but am in taking the same water and cleaning it constantly?
3. My main reason to purchase is to help my fish with ich so here is what I did, I took a gallon container, my Mag7 filled it in 16seconds, then I gated the flow down so it the container would fill up in around 120seconds (supposed to be between 55/93 GPH, and my mag 7 is rated at 500 gph at 4 feet of hose) - Again im a newbie and terrible in math, so does this make sense?
Results: my two fish that had ich from the yellow tang that died have recovered, but my tang replacement I purchased Kole Tang, although extremely happy, not aggressive and never flashed with major ich has some spots on its fins. It has not gotten worst but he has not completely healed after 2 1/2 weeks.
So should I change my setup to get better results? should I replace the pump to avoid the heat my mag7 causes? any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Anyway tank has been up for 2 months, I purchased a tang from a LFS that brought with it ich and died the next day (it flashed next day and died, LFS had an ich outbreak and I was stupid enough to buy from him).
I went ahead and purchased a 25W emperor aquatics sterilizer to "help" control the ich. I know it doesnt cure it.
Here is my first question on setup:
I have it setup with 1/2 hose being fed from my MAG 7 - This is my first problem here, my temp in my tank has gone up by 1.5 degrees since adding the Mag 7 is there a different pump that doesnt add so much heat that I should use?
2. I have it setup so it feeds water from my drain retun in my sump to the UV and the cleaned water returns in the SAME sump area near my skimmer intake - Is this a bad idea? obviously you can understand why I would have it where the drain is but am in taking the same water and cleaning it constantly?
3. My main reason to purchase is to help my fish with ich so here is what I did, I took a gallon container, my Mag7 filled it in 16seconds, then I gated the flow down so it the container would fill up in around 120seconds (supposed to be between 55/93 GPH, and my mag 7 is rated at 500 gph at 4 feet of hose) - Again im a newbie and terrible in math, so does this make sense?
Results: my two fish that had ich from the yellow tang that died have recovered, but my tang replacement I purchased Kole Tang, although extremely happy, not aggressive and never flashed with major ich has some spots on its fins. It has not gotten worst but he has not completely healed after 2 1/2 weeks.
So should I change my setup to get better results? should I replace the pump to avoid the heat my mag7 causes? any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
