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Gimmito's 450 gal L-shaped tank

Just the thought...

"First, design and build 20k gallon fish tank and all associated space for cleaning & maintenance. Second, build house to fit fish tank."

Jim, at least your build thread is bigger! ;-)
 
Wow, stocking fast.
Nice!!!

So ... are you training those tangs to attack clownfish?
:D
Video kinda looks that way with that thing on the glass.

Real question though : Are you preemptively treating those Tangs for ich with hypo?
I seem to think you mentioned that, but maybe not.
 
Sorry about not addressing your question Mark. Since tangs are "ich magnets," I am treating for any potential parasites w/a welcoming bath of formalin & malachite green (Kevin Kohen recommended using Rid-Ich by Kordon). I'm also using Aqua Pro-Cure by Fish Vet which helps fight against velvet, flukes, dinoflagellets, & fin rot. I'm not doing hypo salinity per say, but the tangs were "conditioned" at Quality Marine for atleast a month at I believe a salinity of 1.019.

Erin or Jeremy might want to chime in regarding the use of hypo salinity and fish in general.
 
h20player101 said:
Just the thought...

"First, design and build 20k gallon fish tank and all associated space for cleaning & maintenance. Second, build house to fit fish tank."

Jim, at least your build thread is bigger! ;-)
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I can't wait to see his new 60,000 gallon tank. I joked with Bill that he must have gotten tired of paying the "entrance fee" to the aquarium and built his own. ;)
 
Personally I hate meds. That being said, my new arrivals are fed frozen foods fortified with vitamin c, hufa's and garlic. If new arrivals do not feed, no matter what meds are used, it's going to die anyway.
I'm not saying I won't use meds but I do my best not to. To control ich, I have used hypo salinity and or 82F. I prefer a holistic approach.

Jim
For your QT, I recommend more flow, possibly salinity od 1.020 and a temp of 80, with frequent fortified feedings.

A hungry fish is a weak and vulnerable fish...prime for problems
 
Kensington Reefer said:
Personally I hate meds. That being said, my new arrivals are fed frozen foods fortified with vitamin c, hufa's and garlic. If new arrivals do not feed, no matter what meds are used, it's going to die anyway.
I'm not saying I won't use meds but I do my best not to. To control ich, I have used hypo salinity and or 82F. I prefer a holistic approach.

Jim
For your QT, I recommend more flow, possibly salinity od 1.020 and a temp of 80, with frequent fortified feedings.

A hungry fish is a weak and vulnerable fish...prime for problems
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Great recommendations Erin. A lower salinity gives more oxygen to the animals also. I've been adding beta glucan (aside from selcon, vitachem, & garlic) to the frozen foods for the first week or so to help boost the animals immune system. I think getting the animals from trusted suppliers such as Quality Marine go a long way also.
 
sfsuphysics said:
So Jim, any reason in particular you went with a lot of yellow tangs as opposed to different species?
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1. I want to see more natural behaviors within groups of certain species (schooling, mating,and spawning).

2. It's my wife's favorite fish (no explanation needed). ;)
 
I'm on the fence regarding them. Some fish experts swear by them and others would never do them. I've had various results doing them in the past, but would use methelyne blue if I had to.
 
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