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Haha, Reef Cleaners package for a 200 gallon tank has 38 Nassarius vibex along with bunch of other CUC members (check here: https://www.reefcleaners.org/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=productdetails&virtuemart_product_id=1939&virtuemart_category_id=20).. I thought I was starting with less...

(Day 86): Just realized I never had an official closure to this thread.. Salinity at 1.023, I didnt do a prazi treatment, though I do have it in my arsenal to do a round if needed.. All fish look good.. crazy looking at the pictures from 1st week in the journal and comparing to current state of...

I know you are heavily invested going the Copper route but I wish everyone going through Ich starts reading about Hyposalinity.. Its the easiest treatment out there for ich and flukes.. Taking out Corals and Inverts might be easier than taking out all those fish.. Setting up a 20g tank for all...

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thanks @Darkxerox I will order some bigger shells from amazon.. I thought I started with less but seems like 25 nassarius may be too many for now.. will see how it goes!

Added 2 Tuxedo Urchins, 3 Tiger Tail Cucumbers, 2 Emerald Crabs, 5 hermits, 3 sand sifting star fish, 10 Tiger Trochus snails, 25 Nassarius Snails and although not part of the CUC, but added a skunk cleaner shrimp as well.. 4-5 Trochus snails were attacked right away by the Hermits so I have...

Yeah its definitely not velvet, and I wasnt suggesting that either :) Was saying since its ich, you should have enough time to set the hospital tank the right (cycled) way without skipping a step or 2.. Good to know everybody is eating well! Feed more, with vitachem/selcon/lipo garlic.. Setup UV...

I did some research when cycling my tanks.. Someone did an experiment on R2R comparing a few options and Turbostart cycled the tank the fastest.. Since time is of essence for you, I would suggest you also go with TurboStart Fritz 900 (not Dr Tims).. here is the thread with the details if...

thanks for sharing pics.. are they still eating? Unless it's velvet which may wipe the tank in 24-48 hours, ich will give you enough time to react and move the fish if they are still eating and look active.. so you should have enough time to setup your hospital tank the 'right' way.. Fish facing...

yep, thats correct.. I would also add more bottled bacteria to reduce Ammonia in addition to large water change Another thing I would suggest is to ramp up the copper power slowly.. start at 1.5 and reach 2.25 in 2 days (anything between 2 to 2.5 is therapeutic).. meanwhile if any fish shows...

Things to keep in check when doing QT: Ammonia, Oxygen, Salinity and Temp. 1. Ammonia: Out of these Ammonia is the trickiest, coz the challenge is how to cycle a new tank in couple of days, something that took months in your DT.. You should add some plastic and Seachem Matrix / Fluval Biomax...

uh oh.. I totally understand the ethical part of it, but personally, I would only buy fish 2x their wild caught counterparts only if they have a better chance of surviving vs the wild caught ones.. I know Blue tang is prone to diseases, but the one I have has seen ich, flukes, hypo in 4 months...

I see Biota as more of a shop for Captive Bred fish that are hard to care for when caught in the wild.. like Blue streak wrasse, Mandarin Goby and of course Yellow Tangs! I feel even wild caught Blue tangs do well in our reefs, so would not personally ever buy those from Biota

I wish I was in the hobby back then, would have picked 10 yellow tangs in blink of an eye.. such a pretty fish.. my favorite!

looks like nobody is getting a free Coral today? ;)

both.. when I had to move my corals to a QT tank coz I went hypo, I had to borrow lights from Michael in a failed attempt to keep the corals happy.. And before that when I was treating my Blue tang with Copper, it was so difficult to visually evaluate him for white spots coz of the lack of...

thanks @popper .. Can I reserve #3 for a future QT tank :)

picked up mine from @Woeday, dont know if still has some.. he is in San Jose and had quite a good collection

(Day 65): Salinity is going up slowly but steadily.. I started changing 5 gallon water with new saltwater at 1.026 to not only help increase the salinity a bit quicker but also do a 2.5% water change daily to get me into the habit of changing water regularly once things are settled.. With 5...

I am so sorry that you are seeing this in your tank!! Hope you find the perfect weapon to combat this soon!