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Thanks! And yeah, we’re pretty much the same size tank. I’m a few months behind you though.

I got it from the same person I bought the tank from. I did soak it in bleach and then later muriatic acid, so that should've taken care of them.

Nice! Hopefully they stay on the losing end of the battle.

I really like the tank and actually, I like that tongs branch on the left. It looks kind of like a ghost or something, lol. I don’t have much to add to your questions unfortunately being so new to the hobby.

Ok. Update time. I did some rearranging of my sump. Swapped out the fuge and skimmer. Added some turbo start on Thursday night along with some cheato. And noticed my first hitchhiker yesterday. It looks like I have some vermetid snails unfortunately. And in the sump area

Me too! o_O

On a frustrating side note, already have a ton of vermetid snails in the tank and it’s only been running a week and a half ...

I was reading a newer thread with humblefish where 36 hours was the number thrown out. I’ll look for it again and post the link. I’ve been reading about this stuff way too much lately, lol.

I think people have been having luck with it, but it requires much more frequent tank transfers .

I’ve actually been thinking about the TTM lately. I like that it is pretty much 100% effective against ich without the use of medications. I don’t like that it takes a complete system change every 72 hours, but there’s always going to be down sides to a given treatment plan. At this point I...

Have you tested for Nitrite? The presence of nitrites can give false nitrate readings.

I think he’s going to be cutting down on wild caught fish because of the difficulty in getting healthy fish from suppliers and getting them through a QT process. But yes, his tanks in the back are separated from each other as far as I can tell.

I have spent more time in that store than I’d care to admit, lol. I have seen his set up for new fish, and have seen the tank that is set up ready for the fish he orders for me. I have also seen several fish waiting in the back while he gets them eating and healthy. I can’t say for sure what he...

My understanding is that dipping won’t kill any eggs that happen to be on the coral or plug. So if there are any eggs on the frag or plug, then a dip won’t be enough. The dip will only kill free swimming stuff that is still on the coral.

License to Krill in Santa Cruz. And yeah, if you dive into QT’ing things, it seems like there’s no end.

Honestly, I’m not sure what to do at this point, which is why I was curious what others experiences were. I figured here was a better place to have the discussion since it’s a smaller group than R2R and it’s local. I want to try and do what’s best for the fish, but some of it seems a little...

In my case with LTK, I know that my fish will be in a separate system that is not connected to anything else. At least that’s the plan at this point.

This is where I see some debate. Some have the view that putting fish in a qt causes more stress and makes them more susceptible to disease, effectively disabling their natural ability to protect themselves. I guess it comes down to whether you want to attempt to prevent anything bad from ever...

Do you proactively treat the fish?

I like those cord concealers. I might actually get some for my setup. For the 2nd power strip, what about an old EB8. I think you can still turn the outlets on and off with the APex, you just don’t get the power usage stats. That’s what I’m probably going to do for my in-house power bar...